and its motives behind the deception. The theoretical concept of ‘culture industry’ as developed by Theodor Adorno and members of the Frankfurt school will be
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Music in Different Cultures Popular Music and Contemporary U.S. Culture Popular Music in its Many Facets In its broadest sense‚ popular music is an umbrella term referring to a vast range of commercially mass-marketed musical genres contrasting with classical or art music and intended for mass consumption (e.g.‚ rock‚ rock and roll‚ hip-hop‚ grunge‚ heavy metal‚ rhythm and blues‚ punk‚ soul‚ techno‚ funk‚ rap‚ house). This wide-ranging term encompasses a plethora
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and maintained. In addition‚ while the media are owned and run by government‚ commercial‚ and community interests‚ commercial interests dominate. In this regard there is cause to argue that the media serve the interests of those who own them. Adorno and Horkheimer have argued that the mass media in particular operates as a ‘culture industry’ (Van Krieken et al‚ 2006: 441). It supplies ideological products for mass consumption that preserve and extend the dominating position of the ruling classes
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Prejudice‚ discrimination‚ stereotype and racism are terms used in everyday conversation. We hear and read about these daily on the news and in the media. How do we define them? Where do they come from and what do they mean? “Many people believe prejudice and discrimination as meaning the same thing‚ In fact‚ prejudice is an attitude or belief‚ whereas discrimination refers to behaviour or action.”Smith and Mackie (2000‚ p 156) According to Baron and Byrne (1991‚ p183) prejudice: “Is an
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better understand life’s issues such as personality‚ human behaviour etcetera. One form of Psychological research used is questionnaires; Adorno et al. chose this method to study a specific kind of personality namely the Authoritarian personality. Psychologists need reasonably accurate methods to measure different aspects of the personality‚ subsequently Adorno devised what was known as a scale‚ this scale helped to measure aspects of a person’s personality. A scale in psychological research refers
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Culture Industry Johan Rosario University of Central Florida Culture Industry The concept of “mass culture” was first coined in the book Dialectic of Enlightenment by Theodor Adorno. Due to a misinterpretation of the title‚ the name was later change to a term we are more associated with “culture industry”. Adorno‚ describes culture as a form of protest against the petrified relations under which individuals live‚ to the extent that culture (art) is free from the profit-motive‚ it is able to
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premise of a commodity economy” (Adorno & Horkheimer 1238). There may have been a time when art was an escape from the domination of commerce‚ when people created things motivated by passion and emotion rather than by the prospect of dollar signs; no longer does that time exist. In film‚ the studio system has become a monopoly‚ and the structure of films‚ a formula. Though some would argue that there are a myriad of genres that give variety to the industry‚ Adorno and Horkheimer would counter
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References: Adorno‚ T.W. 1964‚ ‘Television and the patterns of mass culture’‚ in C. Greenfield (ed.)‚ ATS2450/3450 unit reader‚ Monash Print & Design Gippsland‚ Australia‚ pp.30-33. Adorno‚ T.W. & Horkheimer‚ M. 1977‚ ‘The culture industry: Enlightenment as mass deception’‚ in C Barker‚ C. 2008‚ Cultural studies: theory & practice‚ 3rd edn‚ Sage Publications
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from that perspective.Theodor Adorno defends culture is being sold as you would with commodities. The autonomy of works of art is eliminated by the culture industry they become bound to be trade as commodities. In a Marxist view‚ he defends that those who control the means of production‚ essentially control the culture. Adorno approaches the spheres of mass culture in a simplistic way‚ production (industry) and reception (consumption) – strip away individuality. Adorno also distinguishes high / low
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The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Decep9on Adorno and Horkheimer The dudes Theodor Adorno Max Horkheimer Frankfurt School Enlightenment is progress? America has huge produc9ve capacity in 1940s The Culture Industry • Describes the industrial condi9ons in which culture is being produced
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