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Ideological Criticism
  • ComS 169Television Criticism
  • March 8, 2006

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So whats this ideology stuff anyway?
  • Non-Critical definitions
  • systems of belief or thoughts
  • the study of the science of ideas
  • Critical Definitions
  • Jacques Ellul any set of ideas accepted by
    individuals or peoples, without attention to
    their origins or values.
  • John Thompson the study of the ways in which
    meaning serves to sustain or alter relations of
    domination

3
Three processes by which ideology operates.
  • Legitimation--domination operates and is
    accomplished more easily when those you are
    dominating think it is natural or necessary
    (Example Law and Order)
  • Dissumulation--the representation of sectional or
    individual interests as universal (CNBC)
  • Reification--a world without history, inhibiting
    the recognition of the mutable, historical
    character of human society

4
Marxism and ideological studies
  • Key is understanding the nature of your
    connection to actual historical forces,
    recognizing the relationship between the owners
    of the means of production and those of us who
    sell our labor
  • Most workers labor under false consciousness, not
    understanding that their interests are best
    served when they oppose the owners

5
Hegemony and ideology
  • Hegemony is the way in which one ideology comes
    to dominate others it is a form of social
    control, a means of symbolic coercion
  • Granting that any culture features multiple
    ideologies, hegemony looks at the process of
    contestation.how does one ideology come to
    dominate the others?
  • Resistance to hegemony is also important

6
Foss on ideological criticism
  • The primary goal of the ideological critic is to
    discover and make clear the dominant ideology or
    ideologies embedded in an artifact and the
    ideologies that are being muted in it.
  • The ultimate aim of an ideological critic is the
    emancipation of human potential that is thwarted
    by existing ideologies.

7
Interesting ideological questions
  • What is the ideological function of shows like
    COPS, Dragnet, Law and OrderSVU, CSI and CSI
    Miami?
  • What is different about The Shield?
  • Is there an issue of ideology operating in shows
    like Joe Millionaire or American Idol?
  • Are there issues of resistance in those two shows?
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