When I was in middle school, my home economics class had a week on media literacy, and while I only remember one sentence: “Is a song played on the radio becau

When I was in middle school, my home economics class had a week on media literacy, and while I only remember one sentence: “Is a song played on the radio because it is popular, or is it popular because it is played on the radio?” ...it told me everything I needed to know at a young age. Ten years later I’m introduced to Adam Curtis’ “Century of the Self” and that filled in a few gaps.