This chapter was an interesting one. I really appreciate the history of the "chap books." I didn't know any of that! What I find most interesting is the concept that the elite and working class citizens share the same culture, and do even today. Duh! I've never in my life thought of this. Culture, or our society as a whole, has things in common that unites us. Although the wealthy elite class would never want to admit that they have anything in common with the working class. We cannot escape the fact that we all see "yellow journalism," and although some people watch different television news channels, inevitably, they all deliver the same message. It's funny, no matter how we might try to escape from each other, we can't! If the media is a window to our culture, then we see ourselves and each other on TV, in the paper, and on the internet. Our media reflects where/who we are as a culture. . . That's pretty scary.
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