Joshua Meyrowitz revealed the fundamental ways that television had impacted American social behavior, including life in the churches. “By revealing previously backstage areas to audiences,” Meyrowitz wrote, “television has . . . led to a decline in the image and prestige of political leaders, it has demystified adults for children, and demystified men and women for each other. This has led to the widespread rejection of traditional child and adult, male and female, and leader and follower roles.”
