Journal Response: Hermeneutics And Critical Theory

Journal Response #3
1. The three research methods we have covered so far in class may each have a different goal it strives to achieve, but they each have a relationship with one another in how we study the world around us. Hermeneutics and critical theory both focus on the social aspect of society, studying people and the world around us with subjectivity as they are both a values-led theory. Critical theory can be applied to positivism and hermeneutics because it can deconstruct underlying assumptions that have been previously created by the two theories at hand.
2. Historical perspective was extremely important for both authors because in order to understand the message they’re relaying one must be given the context of the argument. Once given the context the reader can understand why the deconstruction of the status quo was so significant. I think the historical perspective for the feminist method is so essential because it allows the reader to understand the situation women were in when trying to enter the

Today's media is filled with individuals who have little to no skills or talent, but yet are part of the dominating class of our society. The media encourages the public to buy into the belief that these celebrities deserve to be held in a higher regard than the rest, only furthering the gap between the middle class and the elite. Marxism tells us to question this class gap enforced by the media; that the societal standards built by the upper class must be questioned and eventually broken. In regards to feminism within the media, women who identify as feminist are often seen as “man-haters” and there is a certain stigma around the word feminism that is continually reinforced by all types of media. Subtle messages are broadcasted on various media encouraging women to be compliant to the patriarchal standards set in society such as painting feminist characters in tv and movies to be undesirable or end up alone because of their “difficult”