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Group - 2 MAJOR CONTRIBUTION OF ADORNO IN MEDIA: Adorno suggested that false needs are cultivated in people by the culture industries. These are needs which can be both created and satisfied by the capitalist system and which replace people’s true needs- freedom, full expression of human potential and creativity, genuine creative happiness. Popular media and music products are characterized by standardization (they are basic formula and similar) and pseudo-individualization (incidental differences make them seem distinctive, but they are not). Products of the culture industry may be emotional or apparently moving but Adorno sees this as cathartic- we might seek some comfort in a sad film or song, have a bit of a cry and then feel stored again. The argument that is television leads people away from talking to each other or questioning the oppression in their lives instead they get up and go to work (if they are employed), come home and switch on TV, absorb TV’s nonsense until bedtime and then the daily cycle starts again. CAPITALISM Capitalism was based majorly on the policy of laissez-faire economy. Laissez faire economy is one where there is no interference from the government and private organizations and individuals are free to work out their own policies. Every mode of production is privately owned and are mostly profit oriented. Competitive markets are an important feature of capitalism. Capitalism can be traced back to the emergence of agrarian mercantilism in the Renaissance. Markets are driven by the needs and wants of the consumers. There is a high level of wage labour and in most cases labour was exploited without providing good environment to work in. Every means of production is capital driven. There is also the class divide between the capitalist class and working class. Though providing consumers with what they want was important, the motive behind it was purely profit oriented. There were two ways of making profit- by production and selling of goods and by exploiting the labour class. DAS KAPITAL- IDEOLOGY Das Kapital was written by Karl Marx in 1867. It was one of Marx’s greatest works and it remains one of the most widely read and influential books. It was published at a time when the working condition of the labour class was terrible and the division between both the classes was increasing. It was born out of the industrial revolution and was a product of thirty years of work Marx. It discussed in detail the workers, their working conditions, wages etc. ‘Commodity’ was the first chapter and discussed how it was a need and that these commodities were the driving force behind capitalism. Marx discusses how everything becomes materialistic and economic and does not have

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Group - 2MAJOR CONTRIBUTION OF ADORNO IN MEDIA: Adorno suggested that false needs are cultiated in !eo!le "# the culture industries$These are needs %hich can "e "oth created and satis&ed "# the ca!italist s#ste' and %hichre!lace!eo!le(strueneeds) freedo'* full e+!ressionof hu'an!otential andcreatiit#*genuine creatie ha!!iness$ ,o!ular 'edia and 'usic !roducts are characteri-ed "#standardi-ation .the# are "asic for'ula and si'ilar/ and !seudo)indiiduali-ation .incidentaldi0erences 'a1e the' see' distinctie* "ut the# are not/$ ,roducts of the culture industr#'a# "e e'otional or a!!arentl# 'oing "ut Adorno sees this as cathartic) %e 'ight see1so'eco'fort ina sad &l'or song* hae a "it ofa cr#and then feelstoredagain$Theargu'ent that is teleision leads !eo!le a%a# fro' tal1ing to each other or 2uestioning theo!!ression in their lies instead the# get u! and go to %or1 .if the# are e'!lo#ed/* co'eho'e and s%itch on T3* a"sor" T3(s nonsense until "edti'e and then the dail# c#cle startsagain$CA,ITA4I5M Ca!italis'%as "ased'a6orl#onthe!olic#of laisse-)faireecono'#$ 4aisse- faireecono'# is one %here there is no interference fro'the goern'ent and !riateorgani-ations andindiiduals arefree to %or1 out their o%n!olicies$ Eer# 'odeof!roduction is !riatel# o%ned and are 'ostl# !ro&t oriented$ Co'!etitie 'ar1ets are ani'!ortant feature of ca!italis'$ Ca!italis' can "e traced "ac1 to the e'ergence of agrarian'ercantilis'in the Renaissance$ Mar1ets are drien"# the needs and%ants of theconsu'ers$ There is a high leelof %age la"our and in 'ost cases la"our %as e+!loited%ithout !roiding good eniron'ent to %or1 in$ Eer# 'eans of !roduction is ca!ital drien$Thereis alsotheclass diide"et%eentheca!italist class and%or1ingclass$ Though!roiding consu'ers %ith %hat the# %ant %as i'!ortant* the 'otie "ehind it %as !urel#!ro&t oriented$ There %ere t%o %a#s of 'a1ing !ro&t) "# !roduction and selling of goodsand "# e+!loiting the la"our class$ DA5 7A,ITA4) IDEO4O89 Das 7a!ital %as %ritten "# 7arl Mar+ in :;uential "oo1s$ It %as !u"lished at a ti'e %henthe %or1ingconditionof thela"ourclass%as terri"leandthediision "et%een "oth theclasses %asincreasing$It %as "orn outoftheindustrial reolution and%asa!roduct ofthirt# #ears of %or1 Mar+$ It discussed in detail the %or1ers* their %or1ing conditions* %agesetc$ ?Co''odit#( %asthe&rstcha!teranddiscussedho%it%asaneedandthattheseco''odities %erethedriingforce"ehindca!italis'$ Mar+discusses ho%eer#thing"eco'es 'aterialistic and econo'ic and does nothaetracesofe'otions$Mone# is ani'!ortant feature of ca!italis'to an e+tent that hu'an interactions reole around'onetar# issues to the 'edia$ 7AR4 MAR@ 7arl Mar+ %as a !hiloso!her* econo'ist* sociologist* 6ournalist* and a !o!ularl# 1no%nreolutionar# socialist$ A 8er'an ideologist fa'ous for his "oo1* ?Das 7a!ital( and?Co''unist Manifesto($ Ae is the founder of Mar+is') an ideolog# %hich holds that hu'an societies !rogressthrough class struggle) ia a con>ict "et%een %or1ing class and !roduction class.ordo'inating class/ Ais oerie% %as that ca!italis' !roduced internal tensions %hich %ould lead to itsself)destruction and !roduce a ne% s#ste': socialis'$ Bourgeoisie ersus !roletariat$ Ao%eer* his ideologies failed and the ineita"le reolution %as re!laced %ithde'ocrac#andli"eralist 'ethods* rather thansocialis'duetoe+tre'e!ositieoutloo1$ Also* the Mar+ist ideolog# %as "ased of idealis' and societ#* and it %as consideredtoo idealist to e+ist$ There(s al%a#s con>ict in econo'#* for an idealist state* andhence* through con>ict e+tre'e idealis' cannot e+ist* and gets o"solete too 2uic1l#$ANTONIO 8RAM5CI Ae %as an Italian Mar+ist theoretician and !olitician* and the founding 'e'"ers forCo''unist ,art# of Ital#$ Ae is the founder of Theor# of Cultural Aege'on#* %hichdescri"es ho% states use cultural institutions to 'aintain !o%er in ca!italist societies$ Co''unist!art#inthe4eninistsense%ashissolutiontothedra%"ac1sof 7arlMar+(s ideolog#) %here in a reolution %as ineita"le "ut the social class reolution%as has clearl# failed in its !ur!ose$ Ae %as the 1e# thin1er contri"uting to Bestern Mar+is'$ A co'!ilation of his %or1s is?,risonNote"oo1s() "asedonso'e ideas inMar+ist theor#* critical theor# andeducational theor#$ Cultural Aege'on#) indicated that a state is for'ed "ased on not coercion alone* "utalso de!ends on consent of the 'a6orit#* since in the case of a 'a6orit# not "eingco'!ati"le %ith a coercie decision that the state authorit# %ants to i'!ose) %ouldlead to con>ict* hence !roing that a state runs on "oth the !rinci!les of coercion andconsent on !arallel "asis$8RAM5CI(5 CONTRIBUTION TO MEDIA Ae !erfor'ed an e+tensie research on the i'!act of 'edia on 'asses and role ofhege'on# in state rule$ In his theor# of cultural hege'on#* he "riefs u!on the roleand e0ect of 'edia on coercion and consent$ Theruleof %or1ingclassisonl#e+ecutedthroughconsent* and8ra'sci* inhise+!lanations of Theor# of Aege'on#* and Cultural hege'on#* ans%ers this$ Ao%eer*the 'edia could si'ilarl# "e used "# those %ishing to s!read counter) hege'onicideas and therefore* intellectuals such as 6ournalists %ould hae a 1e# role in reali-ingchange in conte'!orar# societ#$ Bhat he in fact* indicated is that 'edia is "# and large a huge contri"utor to hel!generate these counter)hege'onic ie%!oints and stands$84OBA4ICATION Theter'8lo"ali-ationdescri"estheinternationali-ationof Ca!italis'in!uritanical*logical or ideological for' in order to e0ect international align'ent of states* goern'entsor unitar# authorities around a single econo'ic !ole$ In its !uritanicalfor'* 8lo"ali-ationdescri"estheinternationali-ationof the!rinci!leof !riateo%nershi!of the'eansof!roductionand o%nershi! of the resultant !ro&ts deried fro' the ?ca!itali-ation( ofthat!roduction$ In logical for'* 8lo"ali-ation descri"es the internationali-ation of thee+!loitationof 'aterial resourcesforthe!ur!oseof 'aintainingthe!o%erof aunitar#authorit#inorder toa0ect identi&a"lesoereignt#$ Initsideological for'* 8lo"ali-ationdescri"es theinternationali-ationof thedistri"utionof resources throughout theglo"al!o!ulace in order to 'aintain the !o!ulace a"oe a"solute !oert#$ 8lo"ali-ation* li1eCa!italis'* alsore2uiresthe'oneti-ationof glo"al resourcesandonce ac2uired* further re2uires the deelo!'ent of glo"alised 'onetar# !olic# to engineerlogical increases in the alue of glo"alised 'oneti-ation oer ti'e$5TRUCTURA4I5M AND FUNCTIONA4I5M 5tructuralis' %as &rst introduced "# Bilhel' Bundt$ It ai's to descri"e the structure of the'indinter'sof the'ost !ri'itieele'entsof 'ental e+!erience$ It focusedonthe"rea1ing do%n of the "rain(s 'ental !rocesses into its "asic co'!onents$ 5tructuralis' is"ased on the idea that the ai' of !s#cholog# is to inestigate ho% the ele'ents are relatedto each other %hich is done "# the stud# into sensations* i'ages and feelings$ Functionalis' %as for'ulated as a reaction to 5tructuralis' and ai's to e+!lain 'ental!rocessina'oreaccurate'annerthan5tructuralis'$ Itdoesthis"#focusingonthe!ur!ose of consciousness and "ehaior$ it %as "rought for%ard "# Billia' Ja'es and %asderied fro' the theor# of natural selection created "# Dar%in %hich suggests that unlesscharacteristics of as!ecies* includingthe!rocesses inthe"rain* seres so'esort of!ur!ose the# %ould not "e selected oer ti'e "# nature and %ould not hae suried$Neo)Mar+is' Neo Mar+is' does not refers to a single theor# or a!!roach "ut rather is a collo2uial reference to the co'"ination of arious DEth centur# schools of thought and a!!roaches that a'end or e+tend Mar+is' and Mar+ist theor#$ It is a lose ter' %ith no &+ed de&nition as !er sa# and &nds a!!lication in arious &elds$ Neo)Mar+is' includes ele'ents of ?!s#choanal#sis( .as in the case of critical theor#/* %e"erian sociolog# or anarchis'$ The theories originall# designated as ?Neo)Mar+ist are concerned in !articular %ith culture and ideolog# and %ith the role of ca!ital states( %elfare institutions in retarding the' adancing socialis'$ Neo)Mar+ist ideolog# states that changes and a'end'ents need to 'a1e it releant and useful to the current ti'es$ The Neo)Mar+ist school of thought deelo!ed after the &rst %orld %ar %hen the Neo)Mar+ists sa% the failure of %or1ing)class reolutions in Bestern Euro!e$ The# inter!reted these failures as an inherent lac1 of adherence to the true Mar+ist theor#* along %ith a lac1 of understanding of the !reailing social conditions$ Neo)Mar+ist theor# focuses 'ore on the social in>uences that !er!etuate not 6ust econo'ic o!!ression "ut also social o!!ression$ The# argued that Mar+ sa% the econo'ic sector as !ree'inent* "ut he ignored the dialectical !rocesses %ithin it* such as !olitics* religion* 'ass)'edia* etc$ The Neo)Mar+ists argue that these !rocesses cannot "e reduced to so'ething deter'ined !urel# "# the econo'#$Ashish 7u'arTe6as N$78ara!ati Ni1ita5ri4a+'i Madhu 5udhan