COMS 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Media Consumption, Social Stratification, False Consciousness

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMS 2003
• Professor: Dr. Ira Wagman

Document Summary

Coms2003 week 4: the frankfurt school and critical theory. Similar theme of trying to explain effect of communication and societal issues and causality. Reading of frankfurt school: emerged in germany after the second world war thanks to adorno and. It is all simple and shares similar components and there is nothing different about it. The question is about whether you oversee your own agency, whether you have unique goals, or whether you can create a unique experience for yourself. These questions are a tangle of philosophical and moral questions. Media can be deceptive and may not be what it appears ie. indie festivals are not sponsored by very indie groups like mcdonalds and banks. Important things to remember about adorno and horkheimer: they were working in the transition of society where there was an emergence of new political theories like nationalism, communism, colonialism, and fascism.