• Kathryn Cramer Brownell on Whether MTV Killed Democracy

    In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

    Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

    Andrew talks to Kathryn Cramer Brownell, author of 24/7 Politics, about the role of cable news channels like MTV, Fox, CNN & C-SPAN in fragmenting American democracy

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    Kathryn Cramer Brownell is an associate professor of history at Purdue University and the author of 24/7 Politics: Cable television and the Fragmenting of America from Watergate to Fox News.


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    Hear from the world’s most informed citizens about the rise of populism, authoritarian and illiberal democracy on Keen On, as Andrew Keen investigates the contemporary crisis of democracy. 





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