法兰克福学派通常被认为是“批判理论”(criticaltheory)的始作俑者,而英国文化研究又被视为传播批判理论的重镇。如果仅仅从字面上是无法对两者的批判实质进行区分的。从理论渊源上看,英国人受法兰克福学派的影响是相当有限的,[1]英国人除了沿用法兰克福学派“文化工业”的这一表述之外,在批判的矛头和实质上都有相当大的差异。粗略地讲,法兰克福学派是站在文化精英的审美立 The Frankfurt school is often considered the initiator of critical theory, which in turn is regarded as the center of diffusion of critical theory. If only the literal meaning of the critical nature of the two can not be distinguished. From a theoretical point of view, the influence of the British under the influence of the Frankfurt School is rather limited. [1] The British have the same spearhead and substance in essence except that they follow the expression of the Frankfurt School “Cultural Industry” Big difference. Roughly speaking, the Frankfurt School is standing on the aesthetic standpoint of the cultural elite