Evaluating the Existence of Communication Rationality in Social Networks Based on Castells' Network Society Theory

Communicative rationality is a state of communication and understanding that results in understanding, interests and common interests through critical and constructive dialogue without the interference and supervision of government institutions. Lack of dominance, coercion, existence of agency and freedom, operationalization through language and being based on culture and ethics are prerequisites of communicative rationality. The purpose of this research is to investigate and evaluate social networks, whether they are governed by communication rationality or irrational cases and manifestations in them are more than rationality. The research method is in-depth interview with the Grounded Theory approach, the results of which have been referred to professors and experts in different stages. According to the findings, the performance of social networks based on the components of communication rationality and its preconditions has not been confirmed and Things like creating access, limiting and monitoring social networks by governments, the existence of fake news, deceit and rumours, espionage and users without identity or with fake identity, the use of social networks by terrorists and fraudsters, encouraging suicide, insecurity, Crisis generation and moral anomalies, emotional, marginal and populist approaches instead of logical arguments, extremism, sectarianism, tribal and ethnic prejudices, use of psychological warfare and propaganda techniques, politicization, polarization Instrumentalism   uses are the reason for this result.