itiscrucialtotheconcept¢nota‘given’andpermanentstatehastobeactivelywonandsecurelost”(1977:333).I
Important to note because it is possible to stop if we can work together to "win"
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TheAmericantelevisionindustry,forinstance,connectswithotherlargeindustries,especially advertisingcompaniesbutalsonationaland multinationalcorporationsthatproduce,distribute,andmarketawiderangeofcommodities.So,forexample,commercialTVnetworksnolongerbuyoriginalchildren’s televisionshows.Networkexecutivesonlywant newprogramideasassociatedwithsuccessfulretailproductsalreadymarketedtochildren. Bylate1990morethan20toy-basedTVshows appearedonAmericancommercialTVweekly. Televisionalso has the abilitytoabsorbothermajorsocialinstitutions—organizedreligion,forinstance—andturnthemintopopularculture.TheTVindustryalsoconnectswithgovernmentinstitutions,includingespeciallythefederalagenciesthataresupposedtoregulatetelecommunications. The developmentofAmerican commercialbroadcastingisavividexampleofhowcapitalisteconomicforcesasserttheirpower.
I've known this for a minute but I feel like it is very important to note because of how scary the possibilities are for what they are not telling us
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Dominantideologicalstreams mustbesubsequentlyreproducedintheactivitiesofourmostbasic socialunits—families,workplacenetworks,and friendshipgroupsinthemanysitesandundertakingsofeverydaylife.
Programming people
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Mass-mediatedideologiesarecorroboratedandstrengthenedby aninterlocking systemofefficaciousinformation-distributing agencies andtaken-for-grantedsocialpracticesthatpermeateevery aspectofsocialand culturalreality.Messages supportiveof the statusquoemanatingfromschools, businesses, politicalorganizations,tradeunions, religiousgroups,themilitary and41
This reminds me of the flea experiment where the fleas were put in a jar that was sealed and when the jar was opened some time later none of the fleas were able to jump out because they didn't believe they could. In this example we are the fleas and these groups of people are enforcing what we believe we can or cannot do
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ccordingtoGramsci’stheoryofideologicalhegemony,massmediaaretoolsthatrulingelitesuseto“perpetuatetheirpower, wealth,andstatus[bypopularizing]theirownphilosophy,cultureandmorality
The role of the media?
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ClassicalMarxisttheory,ofcourse,stresseseconomicpositionasthestrongest predictorofsocialdifferences.Today,morethanacenturyafterKarlMarxand FriedrichEngels wrotetheirtreatisesaboutcapitalistexploitationoftheworkingclass,economicdisparitiesstillunderlie andhelpreproducesocialinequalitiesinindustrializedsocieties...
Today the wealth gap between the rich and the poor has never been larger. What does that say about the state of our government?economy
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gemonyIsthepowerordominancethatHonesocialgroupholdsover others.
Good to know the definition (I did not before reading this)
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