MIGRAIN: Ideology - final tasks

Page 34: The World Of Mockingjay: Ideology, Dystopia And Propaganda

1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence.

In the article there is analysis of the recent hunger games about capitalist society. 

2) What view of capitalist ideology is presented in the Hunger Games films?

The movie mainly focuses on higher power and its dominance over the poorer people for example in the movie the poop people are made to fight to death in a entertainment show made by a higher authority.

3) What do the Hunger Games films suggest about the power of the media to shape and influence ideological beliefs?

In the movie media is used to promote the battle and shows the clutches that media has on society for example they show the audience whatever they want the audience to see therefore they believe the show is useful and is entertainment even though people are dying.

Page 48: They Live - Understanding Ideology

1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence.

Ideology is when people come together and when they have ideas that re similar and they all agree it is called domininance ideology.

2) What are the four accepted ideological beliefs in western societies highlighted by the article?

People should put family first
Law is better than disorder 
Women should behave in feminine ways
people should work hard for their money.

3) What does Gramsci's theory of hegemony suggest about power and ideology in society?

He believes and argues power from ideology comes from ideas that everyone agrees with and which is similar therefore it is stronger.

4) What does French theorist Louis Althusser suggest about ideology and consumerism?

Althusser advances two theses on ideology Ideology represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence and Ideology has a material existence

5) Do YOU agree with the idea behind They Live - that we are unthinkingly controlled by the media which is run in the interests of the economic elite? These are the big questions of A Level Media!

I believe that the rich people in today economy have power over everyone because they have power over what is broadcaster which means they have power over what people listen to therefore they get people to hear what they want.