The Glass Teat

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The Other Glass Teat, volume two of a collection of Ellison's essays that began with The Glass Teat.

The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television (ISBN 0-515-03701-X) is a 1970 compilation of essays written by Harlan Ellison for the Los Angeles Free Press on the effect of television upon society. The title implies that the content conveyed via TV is far too preprocessed and that the viewer is lulled into being a passive receiver of such information, opinions and entertainment - an analogy with a nursing baby.

The book was highly regarded by television insiders and schools with media studies programs.^{[citation needed]}

Modern critics have noted that his criticisms have continued to remain relevant. The book is somewhat dated by his choice of commentary on many of the controversies and fads of concern at the time of its writing.

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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• The Glass Teat: Essays of Opinion on Television
• The Glass Teat (John's Book Pages)
• Another Glass Teat

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