Media, Information and Technoculture 2100F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Jürgen Habermas, Public Sphere, Media Play
19 Mar 2014
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Vincent moscow & robert mcchesney (listen to clip on webct) 80s through laissez-faire urbanization, capitalism/industrialism, advertising, war effort/propaganda, business/pr public or private character governments and business: rise of social science to figure out how society worked, mcluhan the media is a larger communities source of information. Critical research in the 1980s: strong interest in marxism and the frankfurt school, due to right-wing political thinking, rise of cultural studies, media ownership in fewer and fewer hands, major news organizations are. Separate from corporate, religious control, but who is excluded from the internet, not everybody has the privilege to access it it (all white, educated men) internet) blockbuster movie media, owns many means of production, distribution. Criticism of habermas: the public sphere he idealizes in the coffee shop has power relations within, coffee shop an elitist place, democracy about debate, consensus shouldn"t be made always. Liberalization: elimination of protectionist trade measures in the move towards a free, subsidization, cancon, tariffs.
