MUSI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Theodor W. Adorno, Frankfurt School, Culture Industry
19 Oct 2015
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The culture industry: made up of economic institutions, the culture industry or industries produce forms of culture that are commodities such as the entertainment industry. Adorno would have called classical music as theoretical music. The type of variation that exists between standardized products. They do not alter the basic structure: they"ll differ in lyric contact, similar rhythm. Popular music distinguishes itself through marketing techniques, the structure of personalities in selling. High vs. low culture (another important component of adorno"s argument) Difference include: serious music lacked a degree of standardization, the real difference between serious and popular music was the market context in which. The principles of mass production applied to the production of culture and goods major part of the argument. To summarizes adorno"s views, mass production leads to a mass response and listener response is often then passive as a result.
