Digital Communication 3209F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Siva Vaidhyanathan, Frankfurt School, Internet.Org
14 Dec 2019
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Social media: guertin | dc3209 | western university | 11 nov 19. Or "how does ownership of things have an effect on the daily life of a society? . Or how does the allocation of economic resources and surplus capital influence the aggregate economic activity of a society?" "how do channels of ownership affect the media? . P o l i t i c a l e c o n o m y after social media. Adorno - adorno analyzed social phenomena as manifestations of domination. He dubbed the cultural industry" as a form of domination that denied individual freedom by binding us to capitalism. Habermas defined the public sphere as a place for the free-flow of democratic ideas. Hegemony and cultural studies, with language-use as operating within power, institutions and politics/economics. People are producers and consumers of culture at the same time. "critical site of social action and intervention, where power relations are both established and potentially unsettled".
