'Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Television reflects shared base interests and differing civilized concerns among people.
- In plain terms
- TV is low quality because people share cheap tastes but lack high interests.
- What can you take from it?
- Media quality mirrors shared public tastes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who controls media content?
- Can public taste be improved?
Another view
TV producers often shape tastes rather than just reflect them.
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