An Interview with Peter McLaren: "I think it is important to understand that we cannot treat the media as some kind of autonomous entity. Media sectors interpenetrate in various ways, but overall the media are overwhelmingly structured by the state and function, by and large, to service the interests of capital. I would begin by arguing that the current commercialization of broadcasting actually substantially undercuts public systems of communication. Public systems of communication are really at the mercy of the market. Today, it appears as if the hypertrophy of financial capital has become the functional grid in which media economies are secured." (weiter bei Zmag.org)
