GSOC 6104 -

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The New School

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Media and Critical Theory, Spring 2009. Three credits. Jaeho Kang The aim of this course is to examine those distinctive-yet highly controversial-accounts of the media developed by the early members of the Frankfurt School and to assess their relevance to the understanding of contemporary media culture. Students focus on the relevant works of Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and Siegfried Kracauer. The course explores their critical analyses of the multi-dimensional development of the media, and the shift from print to electronic media (radio, film, and TV): a shift interwoven in complex ways with mass culture and politics. We will explore their original accounts of the spectacle of commodity culture and the growth of the media and entertainment industries in nineteenth century Europe. Throughout, we critically approach the debates that form the background of these analyses, concerning the crisis of democracy and the emergence of Fascism, the aestheticization of politics, and the transformation of the public sphere.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.newschool.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 229-5600

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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