Dissent vs. Control in Media

Abstract

This presentation explores the history of the use of media for dissent against the status quo as it relates to the cultural impact of that dissent and how powerful entities exert control to manage that impact. The scope only focuses on American media and does not go into news media as that was deemed too broad. Through the presentation, it is demonstrated how control reduces dissent greatly and causes many attempts to have little impact on the culture it was introduced to through examples of this dissent and an analysis of it.