FEM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frankfurt School, Theodor W. Adorno, Viola Davis
6 Apr 2016
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Culture: the social productions and reproduction of sense, meaning, and consciousness. The sphere of meaning, which unifies the spheres of production (economics) and social relations (politics) . Mainstream media and its effects of society. Books, music (pop, rock, hiphop, rap), gossip magazines, movies, social media, tv shows, youtube videos. Popular culture: any cultural product that has a mass audience . Distinction between high and low art: high art educates, enriches, inspires, informs low art amuses, distracts, entertains. The frankfurt school: theodor adorno, max horkheimer and mass culture (both theodor adrono and max horkeimer fled nazism, so they were concerned about propaganda and brainwashing) The industrialization of the culture industry and the rise of mass produced (instead of artisanal production) products has led to an elimination of creativity and individuality. For culture now impresses the same stamp on everything. Films, radio and magazines make up a system which is uniform as a whole and in every part.
