THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frankfurt School, Perfect Sense, Culture Industry
12 Apr 2014
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It can be read and understood can make perfect sense of their behavior. Media and cultures: the roots are complex and often changing, belonged to the royal courts. 1970s: vhs early 2000s: dvd studios now had the idea that films were worth preserving. High culture shrank; remains in museums, theatres, etc. popular culture is dominant around the world. The new web: worldwide web created new screen which communities/cultures formed, space where movies (big/small) can be made/discussed, more interaction with viewers, more income for producers. Theories of culture: cultural studies looks at various texts within context of cultural practice (work, production, daily life, examines form/structure of cultural texts as they create meaning, thinks about meaning as an ongoing process built out of relationships/imagination. High culture, masscult, midcult: dwight macdonald (film reviewer/cultural critic) categorized 50s culture into 3 parts. High culture complex, art for the elite. Masscult popular culture produced for mass consumption. Midcult something in between; middle-class: culture is not monolithic.
