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1. Culture Industry

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   Function: Pacification and Social Integration
   The primary sociological function assigned to the Culture Industry by its critics is that of social pacification. By saturating the leisure time of the working class with easily digestible, pre-digested cultural material, the industry prevents the development of critical thinking or genuine dissatisfaction with the socioeconomic order.
   [Adorno](/entries/ado…

2. Social Inequality

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   Structural Functionalism
   This perspective posits that inequality serves a necessary function by motivating individuals to occupy the most demanding and important roles. Highly skilled positions require greater investment in training and thus merit greater rewards (differential rewards hypothesis). However, critics note that this model often fails to account for the inheritance of advantage, where unearned privilege overr…