As it has turned out to be, the newspaper press has not by any measurable yardstick been a mass medium, but rather, it has served for most of its history as an instrumentalized predominantly urban based, elite to-elite medium.

Source: https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/media-and-divisive-struggles-for-hegemonic-supremacy/

Organizers of the annual song contest insist that Eurovision “shall in no case be politicized and/or instrumentalized.”

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-ties-ireland-for-most-eurovision-song-contest-wins-after-liverpool-victory%ef%bf%bc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Sports have been instrumentalized by politicians forever.”

Source: https://www.mcgilltribune.com/sports/going-green-at-200-km-h-formula-1-takes-a-climate-conscious-turn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-green-at-200-km-h-formula-1-takes-a-climate-conscious-turn

The collective-guilt mindset is generated not only by governments but is aided and abetted by superstition and sometimes instrumentalized by chauvinistic groups and organizations.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/11/10/collective-guilt-and-collective-punishment/