Authenticity, communication, and critical theory

1 March 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies in Mass Communication

Vol. 10 (1) , 49-69
https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039309366848

Abstract

This essay deals with the notion of authenticity in the study of communication by tracing its treatment in the literature of recent social theory, particularly Critical Theory. It suggests that the search for the authentic has been a historically grounded intellectual concern with considerations of creative practices serving to recover the authentic in contemporary life. The essay concludes by acknowledging the need of Critical Theory to address the challenges of postmodern thought and the potential of popular culture in an emancipatory struggle.

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