Technical Rationality and the Public Realm: A Critical Theory of Responsibility as Mass Communication Theory and Practice

The article is the first part of the summary of the book by the world renowned historian and sociologist Denis MacQuail “Mass Communication Theory”. This widely known book has been republished six times and is still one of the main works in the field of the theory and practice of Mass Communication. It considers not only theoretical issues but also practical aspects of communication. The first article is dedicated to the structure and contents of the book, it also gives the key definitions and introduces the main theories which explain the aspects of interaction between Mass Communication, Mass Media and the society.

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Dakwah Digital Nahdlatul Ulama Dalam Memahami Nilai-Nilai Aswaja An-Nahdliyyah

MEDIAKITA ◽

10.30762/mediakita.v4i2.2621 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hesty Putri Utami

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Mass Communication ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Communication Theory ◽

The Public ◽

Research Context ◽

Nahdlatul Ulama ◽

Mass Communication Theory ◽

Descriptive Qualitative

This study aims to analyze the Nahdlatul Ulama digital da'wah in understanding the aswaja An-Nahdliyyah values and find out whether or not the digital da'wah of Nahdlatul Ulama can provide understanding to the public related to Ahlussunah Wal Jama'ah An-Nahdliyah by posting the related contents through the Nahdlatul Ulama social media accounts. This research used a descriptive-qualitative method with the mass communication theory. The data in this study were obtained from the Nahdlatul Ulama official accounts and literatures appropriate with the research context. The results showed that the Nahdlatul Ulama digital da'wah in understanding aswaja An-Nahdliyyah with the formation of Nahdlatul Ulama cyber team and management of Nahdlatul Ulama social media accounts was emphasized in accordance with the Aswaja An-Nahdliyah concept based on Khittoh Nahdlatul Ulama as stated in the existing da'wah typology. Thus, it can be concluded that the Nahdlatul Ulama Digital da'wah is indeed used to provide understanding to public to behave in accordance with the Aswaja An-Nahdliyyah values.Keywords: Daâ€™wah, Digital, Aswaja

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Member of a school or exponent of a paradigm? Jürgen Habermas and critical theory

European Journal of Social Theory ◽

10.1177/1368431015622049 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 252-274 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stefan Müller-Doohm

Keyword(s):

Critical Theory ◽

Public Sphere ◽

Communication Theory ◽

Frankfurt School ◽

The Novel ◽

Jürgen Habermas ◽

The Public ◽

Jurgen Habermas ◽

Constitutional State ◽

The Public Sphere

The label ‘Frankfurt School’ became popular in the ‘positivism dispute’ in the mid-1960s, but this article shows that it is wrong to describe Jürgen Habermas as representing a ‘second generation’ of exponents of critical theory. His communication theory of society is intended not as a transformation of, but as an alternative to, the older tradition of thought represented by Adorno and Horkheimer. The novel and innovative character of Habermas’s approach is demonstrated in relation to three thematic complexes: (1) the public sphere and language; (2) democracy and the constitutional state; and (3) system and lifeworld as categories for a theory of modernity.

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