法蘭克福學派運用批判理論對資本主義和現代社會展開了批判,特別是對廣播、電影等媒介文化進行了批判性的思考;在媒介文化領域中,法蘭克福學派的批判理論被傳播政治經濟學和文化研究等以不同方式繼承和發展;而在德國,施威蓬豪依賽爾等人于20世紀90年代創辦了《批判理論雜志》,繼續高舉法蘭克福學派旗幟,針對當代全球社會的諸多文化現象開展了批判性的反思,顯示了批判理論在當代社會中的重要價值。

The Frankfurt School criticized capitalism and modern society, especially in radio, films and other media cultures.In media culture, the Frankfurt School’s critical theory was inherited by the political economics and cultural studies school in different ways.In Germany, scholars founded the journal Critical Theory in the 1990 s, critically thinking about the various cultural phenomena under the context of globalization. It continues the development of Frankfurt school, showing the important value of critical theory in contemporary society.