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What are the fears and dangers related to mass culture? Marcin: - Mass culture encourages false needs and diminishes alternative ways of thinking - Culture became an industry with imposed conforming values to sell better - Mass culture encourages conformity; it flattens out reality making world linear, easy to understand - It promotes false consciousness that traps people inside it [you can’t change if you believe what you think is true] - Scientific world-view is according to Theodore Roszak – conform - Media plugs in every home “false consciousness”

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What are the fears and dangers related to mass culture?Marcin: Mass culture encourages false needs and diminishes alternative ways of thinking Culture became an industry with imposed conforming values to sell better Mass culture encourages conformity; it flattens out reality making world linear, easy to understand It promotes false consciousness that traps people inside it [you cant change if you believe what you think is true] Scientific world-view is according to Theodore Roszak conform Media plugs in every home false consciousness