"Covering more than half a century of German history, from 1890 to 1945, it weaves together a wide variety of subplots to argue its point: the rise of mass media - press, film, gramophone, radio - shaped a new kind of popular culture that changed the nature of politics, and would be rather skilfully exploited by the Nazis. Ross shows that, since the 1890s, the new mass media gradually moved consumerism and politics closer." (Quoted from site)