As
years have continued to progress, media has been influenced by the culture that
surrounds it- or vice versa. Media, today, is greatly swayed by Ideology- a
system of meaning which “defines and seeks to explain the world” as stated in one
of the first PowerPoint presentations specific to the Corteau and Hoynes
reading. The reading, Marxist
Analyses by Arthur Asa Berger, seeks to explain and examine
the multiple “principles” that Marxism unravels under the “use of alienation,
materialism, false consciousness, class conflict, and hegemony” (Berger).
As
the topic for this week is Marxism in Political Economy, I decided to do a bit
of research to try to unravel how political economy as well as media and
culture form a part in everyday life; apart from what we have discussed in
class thus far. I came across a post from the Huffington Post called Republicans , Democrats Favorite TV Shows which
is about a study that was done in order to figure out the favorite watched
television shows by the two political parties. After both the Republicans and
Democrats completed the survey, it showed no apparent similarities in the types
of television shows they watched. For example, Republicans opted for shows such
as This Old House, Castle, Fox News Sunday, The O’Reilly Factor, Your World
with Neil Cavuto, and Special Report while Democrats preferred shows such as
Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, The Daily Show with John Stewart, and Frontline.
Here is the link to the post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/republicans-democrats-favorite-tv-shows_n_1132283.html#s524269&title=Democrats_9_PBS
The
post by the Huffington Post may not necessarily lend a hand in the further
explanation of Marxism or ideology, but I feel like it shows the
differentiation of how things affect us as a society which can implement on how
we deal with the “psychological terror” we undergo daily.
Berger, Arthur Asa. "Marxist Analysis." Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1982. 37-38. Print.
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