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mass culture — noun the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑culture … Useful english dictionary
mass culture — See popular culture … Dictionary of sociology
popular culture, mass culture — (tongsu wenhua, dazhong wenhua) Social concept Tongsu wenhua (popular culture) emerged in the late 1970s, developed in the 1980s, and was transformed in the 1990s, when it came to include commercialized and industrialized ‘mass culture’. From… … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
Culture industry — is a term coined by critical theorists Theodor Adorno (1903–1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895–1973), who argued in the chapter of their book Dialectic of Enlightenment, The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception ; that popular culture is… … Wikipedia
Culture Industry Reconsidered — was written by Theodor W. Adorno, a German philosopher. He was born on September 11, 1903. He belonged to the Frankfurt School of social theory. The Frankfurt School takes its name from the Institute for Social Research established in Frankfurt,… … Wikipedia
Mass society — Sociology … Wikipedia
Culture — For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). Petroglyphs in modern day Gobustan, Azerbaijan, dating back to 10 000 BCE indicating a thriving culture … Wikipedia
culture — by Richard J. Lane Consumer, postmodern, popular or mass media culture: all these are synonyms that describe the same phenomenon, one that Baudrillard calls cultural consumption (CS, 99). If culture is thought of simply as an inherited… … The Baudrillard dictionary
Culture of microalgae in hatcheries — Raceway pond used to cultivate microalgae. The water is kept in constantly motion with a powered paddle wheel. Microalgae or microscopic algae grow in either marine or freshwater systems. They are primary producers in the oceans that convert… … Wikipedia
mass society — The modern image of mass society, although not the label, begins with the French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville , who toured the United States in the 1830s in search of the secret of democracy . He was struck by the similarity of ideas and… … Dictionary of sociology
