Tuesday, 11:28 27-04-2021

The Social Rresponsibility of Facebook with the Community

News Tuesday, 11:28 27-04-2021

Late December 2016 after the US presidential election, Facebook faced the severe criticism from the media and public opinion for being exploited as a means by political actors. Several following investigations induced the founder and CEO of this biggest social network to face the Congress hearing. Ever since, this social network has adapted several changes to show their responsibility to the communities not only in the US but also in the world. This transformation has presented some lessons for international media.


Source: Journal of Political Theory and Communications, no 4 (2019).

Nguyen Dong Anh

PhD student, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

A look at the History and Application of Critical Theory

Abstract: Researchers who supported the idea of critical theory based their argument on the assumption that there is always a need for criticism in order to promote changes in society. The ultimate goal of critical theory, rather than predicting, explaining, or understanding social phenomenon, is to point out problems and pushing the decision of transformation. Critical theory assumed that the phenomenon is already existed and the inequality can only be addressed by reorganizing the society. This theory is inherently influenced by Marxism and the analytical ideas of Karl Marx. Although the researching process still involves the action of observing, analyzing, but the core idea of critical theory, as its name suggested, is to pursue changes through criticizing. There are six key concepts of this theory: text, meaning, culture, polysemy, hegemony, and ideology. It is because of its diversity that critical theory has very high applicability in the field of social studies and communication. This article aims to present an overview of the development history of critical theory and one of its outstanding applications – reader response theory.