In the Marxian view, the media in America

a. are a threat to social conformity.
b. are the "mouthpiece" of organized crime.
c. are a means of production.
d. are a tool of manipulation by which the ruling class maintains its power.
e. are an organizational concentration of the media industry.


D

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