Mobile privatization

Mobile privatization

Mobile privatization or privatisation refers to the way in which mass media makes mobility an endeavor that can be pursued in the privacy of ones own home. The term is frequently used in connotation with the introduction of television, which made it possible for the first time to see live (see live television) what was happening at another place. The term was first used by Raymond Williams in his 1974 book "Television: Technology and Cultural Form."