How do material forces shape the discourse?

Part II of a multipart series on a Marxist theory of contemporary discourse.

This is the second of a multipart series covering the role of political economy in contemporary media. The first part is here.

Repetition has a long and controversial history in the literature on persuasion, but since I can only recount it in the broadest strokes here I will begin in the 20th century. And like many discussions of propaganda, this will be…