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Thursday 29 September 2016

Horkeimer and Adorno's work on media helps to answer the question as to why the Western society, in their estimation was becoming more barbaric post 1945. The issue content while Mcluhan confirms that the medium is the message. In other words, the medium is a communicator of messages. But, if it is message, it must be the further and capsulizing and atomizing of the family unit that eventually became the atomozing of the individual in the unit with the personal sized tv; then the smart phone or tablet. Could it be the content that devalues and debases the socio-religious expectations of peace, natural affection and brotherly love leads to increased barbarism in society, undermining the atmosphere bequeathed in the Brit Milah that demands a conducive atmosphere for the transmission of values to another generation?

Horkeimer and Adorno's work on media helps to answer the question as to why the Western society, in their estimation, was becoming more barbaric post 1945. The issue content while Mcluhan confirms that the medium is the message. In other words, the medium is a communicator of messages. But, if it is  message, it must be the further and capsulizing and atomizing  of the family unit that eventually became the atomizing of the individual in the unit with the personal sized tv; then the smart phone or tablet.  Could it be the content that devalues and debases the socio-religious expectations of peace, natural affection and brotherly love leads to increased barbarism in society, undermining the atmosphere bequeathed in the Brit Milah that demands a conducive atmosphere for the transmission of values to another generation? 




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