This work intends, through the update of the concept of culture industry, to demonstrate the contributions of the Critical Theory to the communication studies, especially regarding the identification of the cultural heteronomy process, the hierarchical arrangement of artifacts and the globalization of aesthetic standards. It takes the journalistic production as a reference to verify the appropriation of the technical rationalization in the construction of the news, and explores the violence issue taking into consideration the fact that this subject doesn't drain away at the moment of its message enunciation, but must also be understood under the conditions of its production. The technological intervention in the perception of reality and the relationship between sensitiveness and experience complement the exposition.
Critical Theory; Culture Industry; Aesthetics of violence; News; Cultural background