Jean, Adorno

“The radio democratically makes everyone equally into listeners” (42)

I liked this quote by adorno because we can relate it not only to radio but to all types of media. When we listen the radio we have no say in what is being played. Someone in charge chooses what he or she plays on the station and everyone listening to the station no matter where they are hearing the same thing without any choice. Everyone is listening equally. This is the same with television as well. When we choose to turn on a certain television channel at a certain time whatever is playing is on. We cannot choose what is being played on that channel at that time and everyone tuned into the channel is watching the same thing being equal watchers. This makes you think about how everyone has something in common. How even within many subcultures and ideologies we all come together at some time as equal listener and watchers. We are all forced to the hegemony of our culture at certain times through this idea of watching the same television shows and listening to the same music. It also makes us think of how our culture is shaped and formed through radio and television. Since we all listen and watch the similar things it makes it become part of our culture and is accepted as the norm because everyone is seeing or hearing it. This idea makes us think how our culture and subcultures are shaped by control of different types of media.