TV's Power to Influence | Recorder
Clip: Season 21 Episode 18 | 1m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Activist and archivist Marion Stokes first realized power of mass media to influence minds
In this excerpt from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, activist and prolific archivist Marion Stokes first becomes cognizant of the power of television to inform —or misinform—people when she starts appearing on a Philadelphia public access current affairs show in the late '60s. Stokes' realization of the power of mass media to affect public opinion was well ahead of the curve.
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TV's Power to Influence | Recorder
Clip: Season 21 Episode 18 | 1m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
In this excerpt from Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, activist and prolific archivist Marion Stokes first becomes cognizant of the power of television to inform —or misinform—people when she starts appearing on a Philadelphia public access current affairs show in the late '60s. Stokes' realization of the power of mass media to affect public opinion was well ahead of the curve.
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Trailer | Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
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Preview: S21 Ep18 | 30s | Reclusive activist Marion Stokes videotaped TV 24/7 for decades in the name of truth. (30s)
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