The Serial Podcast as a Commentary On Surveillance and Ideology This past weekend my fiancée and I both began and finished listening to the first season of the Serial Podcast. I think a little background on this is necessary before continuing on my broader analysis. The program is a weekly podcast which focuses on one particular narrative. In this case‚ a murder in 1999 in which a 17 year old Pakistani male‚ Adnan Syed‚ manually strangled his ex-girlfriend‚ Hae Min Lee in the city of Baltimore after
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To understand the Cold War and‚ therefore‚ the proxy wars which arose from it‚ it is essential to understand what the ideologies behind the conflict were. Ideology is accurately referred to by the BusinessDirectory in 2012 as “[a] system of ideas that explains and lends legitimacy to actions or beliefs of a social‚ religious‚ political or corporate entity”. The ideologies‚ or in this case‚ driving political excuses‚ behind both super powers‚ America and Soviet Russia‚ were communism and capitalism
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3rd Period [pic] Throughout history‚ there have been many indigenous tribes. However‚ one of the most known tribes has been the Mayans. The Mayans were once one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica. They are a remarkable group that sparks many people’s curiosity. They have an interesting culture and mysterious historical background. Their historical background is best characterized as cycles of rise and fall. A lot of achievements
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Economic ideologies are people’s beliefs in how an economy should be operated. How much of an influence should government have? Is the free market something that will help all member of society? Is income inequality a large problem that needs to be dealt with? Economic Conservatives and Liberals have different answers to these questions. Conservatives believe in the free market and desire less government intervention. While Liberals believe the free market naturally produces inequality and sees it
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Political Ideologies consist of the make up about a human’s nature. An individual’s human nature is the fundamental beliefs and actions of a human being‚ when you talk about nature versus nurture ideologies identify whether the beliefs and actions of a person are based off their environment or experiences. These natures can include if an individual is selfish or sharing‚ violent or non-violent‚ emotionally thinking or rationally thinking. An extremely considered financial advisor in late 1943 titled
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affected societal beliefs - Socialism is an economic system in which goods and services are provided through a central system of cooperative and/or government ownership rather than through competition and free market system. Fascism is a political ideology that imposes strict social and economic al measures as a method of empowering the government and stripping citizens of rights. This type of authoritative system is usually run by an absolute dictator who uses violence an strict laws to govern people
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Manela’s compelling study on the impact of Wilson’s ideology of self-determination on the colonial subjects during the post-World War 1 era. He illustrates roots of the rise nationalism and socialist movements in the colonized territories. He argues that Wilson did not see self-determination as idea to be used by colonized peoples and was‚ in his argument‚ exclusive to the Europeans. This was not what he anticipated through the quick spread of his new ideology through colonies that would soon grow disgruntled
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Iyanu Alabi The Ideology within Gaming As the world of innovation help boost our economy it as well boosts Gaming‚ on the side note … it is taking over our minds whether we like it or not‚ its relationship with ideology is rather outstanding. In the novel Ender’s Game‚ the author Orson Scott Card tells the single story of what was designed for the ideology within games. The book still appeals to us the slightly different version of the single story. We experience the evidence of this
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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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African American Culture in a Modern American Dominant Sociology Intro to Sociology September 3‚ 2010 Janice Caparro African American culture in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of Americans African descent to the culture of the United States‚ either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African American culture is rooted in the historical experience of the African American people. The culture is both distinct and enormously influential
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