Habermas, meg143 post blog, 2/21

Habermas gives his take on all of the themes and ideas that are creating and represent our contemporary media culture. He feels that, “the project of modernity has not yet been fulfilled” and that there has been a shift in our consciousness. Modernity is the act of understanding new advancements by looking at the past and our place in the world. “The idea of being modern changed with belief, inspired by modern science in the infinite progress of knowledge” (99). Media today has evolved into pessimism, a cult of fear and how news is broadcasted. Habermas also discusses the different conservatives of modern culture. The three types are young, old, and neoconservatives, the young conservatives, who are anti-modern, the old conservatives, who yearn for renaissance and the neoconservatives who are technical and rational.