"The danger of mass American culture is very strong," he said.
Time and mass culture may be on the strikers' side.
The book's more crucial theme is the relationship between popular and mass culture.
Now, in many parts of musical life, shared references are coming more from mass culture.
Mass culture and the popular media often interpret events and people of the city.
Mass culture is just that: a culture for the masses.
Kammen recognizes that what he terms mass culture was growing in power even before most Americans had television sets.
Postmodernists take note: the outrageous mixing of high, low and mass culture started long ago in show business.
Mass culture, including television, internationally marketed music, video games and the Internet, has become inescapable since the 1950's.
He was a master of such images, commenting on how mass culture envelops everyone, even while we sleep.