Submitted by sarahr on Feb 09, 2010, 11:40 AM

Theodor Adorno's primary critiques in the selections brought together in Routledge's The Culture Industry  focus on what can be termed generally mass culture (or, to use the term he coined along with Horkheimer, "the culture industry"), being those artifacts which are mass-produced, reproduced, distributed - both as the means and the end to advertise, promote and consume the products.

Submitted by gerrycanavan on Nov 05, 2009, 05:06 PM

Boing Boing has gotten a lot of eyes this week with Cory Doctorow's post on the leaked text of the "secret" Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement...

Submitted by NancyKimberly on Aug 11, 2009, 04:28 PM

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HUMANITIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE

SEMINAR IN EXPERIMENTAL CRITICAL THEORY VI: DESIGNING CHINA
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Submitted by Cathy Davidson on Jul 06, 2008, 11:06 AM
Reblogged from the NY Times, July 6, 2008, more wonders of the International Dunhuang Project, and a great opportunity for immersive virtual experiences that can preserve one of the world's deteriorating wonders.