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The document contains the work for the third term of Critical Social Theory. It contains the Frankfurt School philosophers such as Marcuse and Habermas. It is very comprehensive and I received 82% for the module in 2020.

ffects Theory A group of social scientists called the Frankfurt School that studied the power of the mass media. Hypodermic Needle Theory Audiences passively receive information from media texts without any attempt on their part to process or challenge it. Moral Panic The intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. Cultivation Theory The more time people spend "living" in the TV world, the more likely they are to believe t...

Chapter 03 History and Geography: The Foundations of Culture True / False Questions 1. To understand fully a society’s actions and its points of view, one must have an appreciation for the influence of historical events. True False 2. Confucian philosophy, taught throughout Japan’s history, emphasizes the basic virtue of loyalty to the country. True False 3. A fundamental premise of Japanese ideology reflects the importance of individualism and competi...

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A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from social structures and cultural assumptions than from individuals. It argues that ideology is the principal obstacle to human liberation. Critical theory finds applications in various fields of study, including psychoanalysis, sociology, history, communication...

CULTURAL STUDIES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ Matthew Arnold (1960) on culture described culture as the best that has been thought and said in the world. Here reading, observing and thinking were said to be the means towards moral perfection and social good. His aesthetic and political arguments are a justification for 'high culture'. Leavivism (culture with a capital C) Shares with Arnold that culure is the high point of civilization and the concern of an educated minority ...

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This lecture notes discusses the topic "critical theory" the Frankfurt School tradition. The term critical theory can be used quite loosely, as in the present dictionary, to refer to a whole range of theories which take a critical view of society and the human sciences or which seek to explain the emergence of their objects of knowledge.

Chapter 03 History and Geography: The Foundations of Culture True / False Questions 1. To understand fully a society’s actions and its points of view, one must have an appreciation for the influence of historical events. True False 2. Confucian philosophy, taught throughout Japan’s history, emphasizes the basic virtue of loyalty to the country. True False 3. A fundamental premise of Japanese ideology reflects the importance of individualism and competi...

This lecture notes briefly sketches the meaning, origin, development, and key concepts in Critical Theory, the Frankfurt School tradition.