Cultural Industry in the Social Media Era
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Culture, Capitalism, Ideology, Consumerism.Abstract
This article observes the extent to which the concept of cultural industry, developed by Adorno and Horkheimer, contributes to understanding contemporary social networks. The almost uninterrupted presence of social networks in the daily lives of most people today, especially teenagers and young people, is visible. The research has three stages. 1) the influence of social networks on cognitive and psychological issues; 2) Study of the article: “Cultural industry: Enlightenment as mystification of the masses” by Adorno and Horkheimer; 3) Identify aspects of the cultural industry present on social networks. As social networks are commercial cultural products, financed by advertising, just like radio and TV, we believe that by understanding the concept of cultural industry we will understand how contemporary social networks exert their influence. Such understanding aims to build tools for understanding reality, resulting in cognitive and psychosocial improvements.
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