Match the following- Series 4- Mass Communication (Authors and Idea)

Keywords- Guy Debord, Theodor Adorno, James W Carey and Umberto Eco.

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Match the following Series-4

S. no. Authors Idea
1. Guy Debord Society of the spectacle
2. Theodor Adorno Media as cultural Industry
3. James W Carey Ritual view of Communication
4. Umberto Eco Mediated hyper-reality

Explanations

Guy Debord

  • Guy Louis Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction1.
  • The spectacle is a central notion in the Situationist theory, developed by Guy Debord in his 1967 book, The Society of the Spectacle2. 
  • โ€œThe spectacle is not a collection of images; rather, it is a social relationship between people that is mediated by images.โ€ In a consumer society, social life is not about living, but about having; the spectacle uses the image to convey what people need and must have3.

Theodor Adorno4

  • Theodor Adorno was a German philosopher, sociologist, psychologist and composer known for his critical theory of society.
  • He was a leading member of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Adorno coined the term โ€˜identity thinkingโ€™ to describe the process of categorical thought in modern society.
  • Adorno is also known for his critique of the ‘the culture industry, given the concept of Media as cultural Industry.’

James William Carey

  • James William Carey was an American communication theorist, media critic, and a journalism instructor5.
  • Carey is credited with developing the ritual view of communication5.
  • Ritual view means the construction of symbolic realityโ€“represents, maintains, adapts, and shares the beliefs of a society in time6
  • W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information7
  • Cultural definition of communication (1975) James W. Carey: “Communication is a symbolic process whereby reality is produced, maintained, repaired and transformed8.”

Umberto Eco9

  • Umberto Eco was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician.
  • He is widely known for his 1980 novel ‘The name of the Rose’.
  • He also wrote the book ‘Foucault’s Pendulum.‘ Foucault’s pendulum is an easy experiment demonstrating the Earth’s rotation.
  • Eco’s work illustrates the concept of intertextuality.
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