Frankfurt School 1 and 2

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The ideas of the FS theorists are often referred to as "critical theory," because of the FS's particular interest in:

Using reasoned critique to highlight the irrationality of societal practices that are ostensibly rational

The Enlightenment affirmed the importance of:

reason, equality, social progress

The dialectic of enlightenment refers to the way in which the idea of social progress associated with the Enlightenment:

Resulted in its opposite but disguised as progress

According to the FS, technological advances are increasingly used for purposes of:

In critiquing technological rationality, the FS theorists emphasize how technology is used to advance goals of:

strategic domination

For the FS theorists, a commitment to normative rationality would mean commitment to norms of:

social equality

. The FS refers to the mass media as the culture industry to emphasize its:

economic profit objectives

When people presume that the use of technology in society is driven by the features of the technology itself rather than by human decisions, we refer to this process as:

technological determinism

According to the FS, the use of technology in society is driven by:

economic interests

The content of mass media entertainment, according to the FS, is characterized by:

According to the FS, advertising and mass media promote:

consumption, uniformity, false needs

According to the FS, political campaigns:

Package their candidates to fit particular voter groups' interests, Manipulate voters

A society in which the state takes on increased regulatory interest in institutional practices and the lives of its citizens is referred to by FS theorists as the:

administered society

When the state is perceived by the mass of its citizens as unable to respond adequately to the need for structural or institutional changes in how the financial system works, there is a heightened risk of:

legitimation crisis

The recent U.S. government rescue of leading investment banks (Bear Stearns) and mortgage lending agencies (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) is an example of:

political dependency

The public sphere refers to:

public spaces and places in which individuals informally assemble and communicate

An ideal speech situation has all of the following characteristics except:

adversarial debate

Communicative action emphasizes:

reasoned arguments

Distorted communication arises when there are

insincere communication partners
preestablished interests and agendas
power inequalities

Habermas's construal of an ideal speech situation offers the possibility of:

Retrieving reason for emancipatory-democratic purposes

In their writings, the FS theorists incorporate Weber's analysis of:

instrumental rationality

The FS's analysis of culture is criticized for its assumptions about:

The passivity of media audiences

The fact that the judges on the popular U.S. television show American Idol, sip from Coca-Cola cups during the show, is evidence of the media's:

promotional culture

False needs refer to what the FS theorists see as:

needs manipulated by advertising and mass media

The FS theorists see contemporary society as representing an increase in:

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