Functionalism on Media and Technology
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Functionalists hold that media and technology stabilize society by facilitating leisure, spreading shared information, and increasing productivity across institutions.
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A national broadcast reaching millions simultaneously creates a shared reference point functionalists read as strengthening social cohesion.
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Naming media's stabilizing function is not a claim that its current content or ownership serves every group equally well.