CMN 3109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Radiohead, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Max Horkheimer
7 Mar 2018
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Films, radio and magazine make up a system which is uniform as a whole and in every part. " (p. 120) Over time, in europe and north america, people have become more secular and so have lost the organizing principle of religion, and this has led to chaos. H&a say this is incorrect, our media is organizing. "that the difference between the chrysler range and the general motors products is basically illusory strikes every child with a keen interest in varieties. What connoisseurs discuss as good or bad points serve only to perpetuate the semblance of competition and range of choice. The same applies to the warner brothers and metro. "there is nothing left for the consumer to classify. In light music, once the trained ear has heard the first notes of the hit song, it can guess what is coming and feel flattered when it does come. " (p. 125, 126-7) "ideology conceals itself in the calculation of probabilities.
