Media Infrastructure and Historical Materialism.
Published In: JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies, 2025, v. 65, n. 1. P. 195 1 of 3
Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3
Authored By: Ahern, Mal 3 of 3
Abstract
The article examines the conceptualization of mass media as an ideological infrastructure by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer in their 1947 work, "Dialectic of Enlightenment." It argues that their critique of the culture industry highlights how capitalist cultural production homogenizes art and experience, ultimately serving to reinforce existing power structures. The discussion shifts to the infrastructural turn in media studies, emphasizing the importance of labor and technological processes in the production and dissemination of media. The article also explores historical labor struggles in Hollywood, particularly the 1946 strikes by laboratory technicians, which challenged the notion of total corporate control over media production and revealed the vulnerabilities within the media infrastructure. [Extracted from the article]
Additional Information
- Source:JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies. 2025/10, Vol. 65, Issue 1, p195
- Document Type:Article
- Subject Area:History
- Publication Date:2025
- ISSN:2578-4900
- Accession Number:189327217
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