A COM 265X Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Cornel West, Ethnocentrism, Herbert J. Gans
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Ideology- the mental frameworks diferent classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of the way society works. Democraic pluralism- the myth that society is held together by common norms such as equal opportunity, respect for diversity, one person-one vote, individual rights, and rule of law. Ariculate- the process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugaion with media representaions; the work of cultural studies. Cultural studies- a neo-marxist criique that sets forth the posiion that mass media manufacture consent for dominant ideologies. Economic determinism- the belief that human behavior and relaionships are ulimately caused by diferences in inancial recourses and the disparity in power that those gaps create. Hegemony- the subtle sway of society"s haves over its have-nots. Discursive formaion- the process by which unquesioned and seemingly natural ways of interpreing the world become ideologies. Cultural studies versus media studies: an ideological difference.
