The future of art and mass culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9844056 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Mchale (0000-0001-9132-1528, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59 |
| Publication date | 1979-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1574090 |
| OpenAlex | W2314787756 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The development of art and mass culture has been closely linked both with social change and with changes in technology-particularly, though not exclusively, the technology of communications. In the recent past, for example, the recognition of a machine aesthetic and the development and widespread use of new media -radio, television, cinema, video-have strengthened these linkages. In the future, the author argues, developments in media technology and parallel social shifts will involve changes in the very nature of culture, will create a new cultural environment, and indeed will necessitate a reassessment of the meaning of “mass culture” and “mass society”. They will also involve a broadening of the concept of art; and the author illustrates his view with a description of potential new forms of artistic expression (life-styles, video art, work as art)
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Epistemology · Mass culture · Mass media · Mass society · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Popular culture · Sociology · Video art · Visual arts · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |