You may be interested in the writings of Marshall McLuhan. He was a philosopher and analyst of media who wrote about the effects of television (and all other fo

You may be interested in the writings of Marshall McLuhan. He was a philosopher and analyst of media who wrote about the effects of television (and all other forms of media) and gained popularity in the 60's and 70's. One point he noted was how instantaneous global communication via television (and later the internet) enabled terrorists to hijack global attention: >Terrorism is an invention through which any two armed people can take over an entire industry, namely television, with the eager cooperation of its owners. -Matshall McLuhan