Media Culture
According to Adorno, the media culture of advanced capitalism typically creates new 'life-styles' to drive the consumption of new commodities. The term 'lifestyle' was introduced in the 1950s as a derivative of that of style in art.
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“The media no longer ask those who know something ... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it.”
—Serge Daney (1944–1992)
“The highest end of government is the culture of men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)