Theodor W. Adorno: The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture (2001)
Filed under book | Tags: · aesthetics, creative industries, critical media studies, critical theory, cultural production, culture industry, Frankfurt school, mass media, popular culture
“The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno’s thoughts on culture. He argued that the culture industry commodified and standardized all art. In turn this suffocated individuality and destroyed critical thinking. At the time, Adorno was accused of everything from overreaction to deranged hysteria by his many detractors. In today’s world, where even the least cynical of consumers is aware of the influence of the media, Adorno’s work takes on a more immediate significance. The Culture Industry is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture.”
Editor J. M. Bernstein
Publisher Routledge, 2001
ISBN 0415253802, 9780415253802
210 pages
Key terms: fascist, mass music, virme, culture industry, mass media, Dialectic of Enlightenment, mass culture, ego ideal, Adorno, acmally, critical theory, jazz, reified, psychoanalysis, astrology, Simone Weil, Freud, Erich Fromm, Gillian Rose
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Comment (1)David Gauntlett, Ross Horsley (eds): Web.studies: Rewiring Media Studies for the Digital Age (2004)
Filed under book | Tags: · activism, cyberculture, internet, web art
Bringing together the work of scholars, experts, and established online authors, this comprehensive book offers an analysis of both contemporary Web-based culture and arts and the impact of the Web on international economics, politics, and law. This second edition of Web.Studies combines updated chapters from the first edition with completely new chapters on the latest developments and controversies in cyberspace. Beginning with an introduction to the Web and how it works, the book outlines the theories and methodology of cyberculture studies, before moving on to explore aspects of everyday life online, art and commerce, global communities and the politics of Internet access and activism.
Published by Arnold, 2004
ISBN 0340814721, 9780340814727
327 pages
Sally Richards: Futurenet: The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet as Told by Its Creators and Visionaries (2002)
Filed under book | Tags: · internet, internet governance
An eye-opening look at the next generation of the Internet
As the Internet becomes more mature, its ability to create and support new types of business models with the potential for sustained growth and profitability have captured the interest of a broad group of managers, investors, and entrepreneurs. In FutureNet, author Sally Richards introduces readers to the visionaries and companies shaping the networked world. The experiences and voices of Internet founders Vint Cerf and Len Kleinrock will take readers on a fascinating journey, revealing the power and scope of the next generation of the Internet. Powerhouse firms such as AT&T, Cisco, and MCI provide examples of how influential organizations are facilitating the next generation of the Internet, and creating solid business models that take advantage of this maturing technology. FutureNet will provide readers with an inside account of what lies ahead.
Published by John Wiley and Sons, 2002
ISBN 0471433241, 9780471433248
274 pages
Key terms: ARPANET, ICANN, Bluetooth, Bob Kahn, John Perry Barlow, DMCA, Kim Polese, Dmitry Sklyarov, Internet Archive, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Douglas Engelbart, Jon Postel, Stewart Brand, micropayment, Vinton Cerf, Leonard Kleinrock, Vannevar Bush, Bob Young, ElcomSoft, Vint Cerf
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