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The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television (ISBN 0-515-03701-X) is a compilation of essays by Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison

Harlan Jay Ellison is a prolific United States writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards....
 for the Los Angeles Free Press
Los Angeles Free Press

The Los Angeles Free Press was among the most widely distributed underground press of the 1960s. It is often cited as the first such newspaper....
 1970 on the effect of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 upon society. The title implies that TV watching is analogous with being unweaned.

Allegedly, 'the book was highly regarded by television insiders and schools with media studies
Media studies

Media studies is a collection of academic programs regarding the content, history, meaning and effects of various media . Media studies scholars vary in the theoretical and methodological focus they bring to mass media topics, including the media's political, social, economic and cultural roles and impact....
 programs'.

Modern critics have noted that his criticisms have continued to remain relevant .






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The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television (ISBN 0-515-03701-X) is a compilation of essays by Harlan Ellison
Harlan Ellison

Harlan Jay Ellison is a prolific United States writer of short stories, novellas, teleplays, essays, and criticism. His literary and television work has received many awards....
 for the Los Angeles Free Press
Los Angeles Free Press

The Los Angeles Free Press was among the most widely distributed underground press of the 1960s. It is often cited as the first such newspaper....
 1970 on the effect of television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 upon society. The title implies that TV watching is analogous with being unweaned.

Allegedly, 'the book was highly regarded by television insiders and schools with media studies
Media studies

Media studies is a collection of academic programs regarding the content, history, meaning and effects of various media . Media studies scholars vary in the theoretical and methodological focus they bring to mass media topics, including the media's political, social, economic and cultural roles and impact....
 programs'.

Modern critics have noted that his criticisms have continued to remain relevant . The book's topics were dictated by the fashion of the day.

The Glass Teat is the first volume of a two-volume set. The second is known as The Other Glass Teat.

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