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Explores the contradictory role of the mass media in relation to class power & its reproduction in contemporary societies, drawing on the theories of Stuart Hall (eg, 1986) as an entry into a critique of cultural & media studies. It is argued that Hall & other critical theorists have overemphasized the importance of ideology & the function of the media in the capitalist social order. Here, it is asserted that the media play a direct role in the reproduction of capital & the perpetuation of class struggle, specifically, through control over the system of governance & through the promotion of dominant ideologies. The use of information management, secrecy, & censorship by the corporate structure & capitalist class to maintain their power is described. However, these entities also use strategies beyond & outside the media, including lobbying, private debates, withstanding hostile media coverage, & ignoring public opinion & protest. The ideas of Antonio Gramsci & Karl Marx on class struggle & ideological hegemony are reviewed, & an alternative model of the relationship between media & class power is developed. K. Hyatt Stewart

Explores the contradictory role of the mass media in relation to class power & its reproduction in contemporary societies, drawing on the theories of Stuart Hall (eg, 1986) as an entry into a critique of cultural & media studies. It is argued that Hall & other critical theorists have overemphasized the importance of ideology & the function of the media in the capitalist social order. Here, it is asserted that the media play a direct role in the reproduction of capital & the perpetuation of class struggle, specifically, through control over the system of governance & through the promotion of dominant ideologies. The use of information management, secrecy, & censorship by the corporate structure & capitalist class to maintain their power is described. However, these entities also use strategies beyond & outside the media, including lobbying, private debates, withstanding hostile media coverage, & ignoring public opinion & protest. The ideas of Antonio Gramsci & Karl Marx on class struggle & ideological hegemony are reviewed, & an alternative model of the relationship between media & class power is developed. K. Hyatt Stewart