In their influential essay, “The Culture Industry,” Adorno and Horkheimer criticize newly emergent mass culture of the late–nineteenth and early-twentieth century as a mass-produced, industrial product that deceives its audiences.
Write a comparative essay, comparing one of the following essays to “The Culture Industry.”
How does it agree or disagree with Adorno and Horkheimer’s argument? Does the author of the newer essay characterize mass culture as popular culture, that is culture that is meaningful for the people that use it and engage with it? Or does the author characterize as mass culture as ideologically deceptive, like Adorno and Horkheimer charge in their essay?
A comparative essay examines more than one thing—in this case essays written by other scholars—along a set of consistent criteria. Refer to my example of Apples and Oranges: A Comparison
There are two parts to this assignment, both must be submitted on Microsoft Teams.
Write a draft and outline of your proposed essay that includes the following:
Submit this draft and outline on Microsoft Teams by the deadline noted on the course website and on Microsoft Teams. Use the attached Word document: no other format or attachment is acceptable.
A sample draft and outline is available on OneDrive.
Please review my video on some tips that you should consider as you work from revising your draft to a final version that you will submit.
As soon as you submit your draft and outline, schedule an appointment with me to discuss how to realize your final essay.
I will not accept your final essay unless we meet to discuss your draft.
Your final essay should cite sources, according to my Guidelines on Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources.