Television — not the Internet — is responsible for worldwide social change

It's not Twitter or Facebook that's reinventing the planet. Eighty years after the first commercial broadcast crackled to life, television still rules our world. All those soap operas might be the ticket to a better future after all. Foreign Policy reports via TV Tattle.

... And it's not earnest educational programming that's reshaping the world on all those TV sets. The programs that so many dismiss as junk -- from song-and-dance shows to Desperate Housewives -- are being eagerly consumed by poor people everywhere who are just now getting access to television for the first time. That's a powerful force for spreading glitz and drama -- but also social change.

emily | 6:27 PM | The impact of TV series on society |
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