MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Dialectic, Hypermasculinity, Meliorism
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Pragmatists argue that believing or not believing in them has no real bearing to one"s daily life. Pragmatic thought: william james, john dewey, and richard rorty: william james (1842-1910), psychologist and early pragmatic philosopher. James focused heavily on the individual as opposed to wider society. In a very rough sense, regulatory policy is true, worthy, or good if it clearly benefits. American society or helps to concretely correct social problems. In addition with the prime time access rule, which reduced the amount of network-produced programming the three could broadcast between 7 and 11. P. m. , the fin-syn rules forced the major networks to purchase syndicated programming from other, smaller production companies. In 1995, the fcc abolished them altogether, which resulted in a system where the networks produced or co-produced much of their primetime line-ups: the most salient example of government deregulation related to the media monopoly is the.
