Inter American University of Puerto Rico Metro Campus Cultural Theory: Summary of: Althusser’s Concept of Ideology Louis Althusser builds on the work of Jacques Lacan to understand the way ideology functions in society. He thus moves away from the Marxist understanding of ideology. In earlier model‚ ideology was believe to create what was termed “false consciousness”‚ a false understanding of the way the world functioned. (For example the suppressions of the fact that the products were
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Media systems dependency theory (MSDT)‚ or simply "media dependency‚" was developed by Sandra Ball-Rokeach and Melvin DeFleur in 1976.[1] The theory is grounded in classical sociological literature positing that media and their audiences should be studied in the context of larger social systems. MSDT ties together the interrelations of broad social systems‚ mass media‚ and the individual into a comprehensive explanation of media effects. At its core‚ the basic dependency hypothesis states that the
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IMPORTANT ARE MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORIES? How the world around us is represented mentally is the corner stone of cognitive architectures. It facilitates understanding of information received and perceived from our environment. The storage and retrieval of knowledge would be impossible without mental representations. Mental representations are the way in which we create copies’ of the real things around us‚ which we perceive. A description of a representation is a symbol‚ sign
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has given to the media to dictate youth culture has become one of the most lucrative conquests corporations are battling over today. Much like empires throughout history‚ media empires today have found their ‘Africa’. This paper is an examination of this silent‚ bloodless conquest through two different sociological lenses. First we will consider the effect of media in youth’s culture using functional theory. Stating the primary assumptions valuable in studying the effects of media on youth and youth
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‘Interactivity’ in New Media Theory. What are some of the problems with the concept of ‘interactivity’ as used in relation to new media threory? Interactivity has had a long standing presence in the study of media. In its original form interaction in society was on a face-to-face level. With the advancement of communication technologies‚ whole new forms of interactions have been created thus altering the structure of societies and the way they are analysed in the context of new media. This essay will
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1) Meaning of Ideology: Ideology means a closely organized system of beliefs‚ values‚ and ideas forming the basis of a social‚ economic‚ or political philosophy or program. It contains those ideas that a nation strives to accomplish in order to bring strength to its nationhood. 2) The Base of Pakistani Ideology: The Pakistani ideology is based on the Islamic ideology‚ which is quite obvious given the real reasons for the partition of the now Pakistan and India. The real
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Ideologies of Welfare For hundreds of years the health and general wellbeing of people and their families have suffered due to the difficulties that social policy and welfare provision has been continuously faced with as a result of the persistence of poverty. This essay will explain and discuss the ideologies of the major political parties‚ how they have influenced the development of welfare and the effects they have had on social policies and social care provisions. It will explain how these ideologies
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Misbah Shoaib What is the role of media in a democracy? Media plays a crucial role in shaping a healthy democracy. It is the backbone of a democracy. Media makes us aware of various social‚ political and economical activities happening around the world. It is like a mirror‚ which shows us or strives to show us the bare truth and harsh realities of life. But that is only the case if money isn’t involved. Media plays a huge role in forming and giving characters and specific traits to a country’s
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‘No you move’” (Straczynski) This quote is a quote by the well known superhero‚ Captain America. The superhero representation of America wouldn’t give hope to people of every age if Marvel wasn’t created. In 1939‚ the company Marvel was created by Martin Goodman.
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Despite its racially diverse population and wide variety of distinct socioeconomic groups‚ American society maintains an astoundingly stable cultural narrative. While every nation must maintain a relatively steady societal identity‚ American ideology has traditionally favored conservative attitudes. While such a stance provides protections against radical infringements upon individual rights‚ it also leads to entrenched attitudes‚ polarized beliefs‚ and rigid resistance to progressive reforms. Absolute
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