COMM 2P98 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Max Horkheimer, Culture Industry

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2P98
• Professor: russelljohnston

Document Summary

Media industries: that sector of the economy, which produces and distributes intellectual goods through the technology of mass communication. Culture industry: that sector of the economy, which produces and distributes intellectual goods; coined by horkheimer and adorno. Medium: physical means used to distribute media content. Media outlet: a single brand name media company that distributes a specific type of content. First newspaper arrive around 1600s (england, germany, holland) France had strict laws about printing press. Stamp tax: taxing paper to slow down newspaper printing in britain.