Political Ideology

https://lr-media.blogspot.com/2022/11/political-ideology.html

Ideology refers to the beliefs and values of the producer of a media product, as well as our own beliefs and values.

Politics refers to how power is distributed. When we say 'politics', we tend to think of government, politicians, and world leaders like Emanuel Macron, Joe Biden and Liz Truss I mean Rishi Sunak.

For some people, EVERYTHING is political, as everything is about power and its exchange. For example public transport is political, as it reflects a decision as to how easily certain people can and cannot move freely. Videogames are political, as they reflect certain ideologies about sex and violence, and this can be reflected in society. When we think like this, the world becomes very complicated, and even scary.

For other people, NOTHING should be political. Games should just be games, books should just be books, and things like gender and race should be less important. You might have heard the phrase: "let's not make this political". When we think like this, the world becomes very straightforward.

For media studies, we are more likely to assume that everything is political. This is because, at it's heart, media studies is the study of power, who has this power, and how it gets distributed. One aspect of media studies that is unarguably political, however, are newspapers, which always demonstrate a political ideology, and therefore always demonstrate a political bias.

Bias - to favour one perspective or opinion

Types of Bias

Bias through selection - where a particular story, image or source is used to reinforce a certain ideology

Bias through omission - where a particular story, image or source is NOT used to reinforce a certain ideology

Task One: Two headings (made up so not factually correct)

Left wing: Cost of living crisis leaves families starving and cold

Right Wing: King supports cost of living crisis

Persuasive definition- cannot disagree without looking like a fool

• What techniques are used to construct representations in this front page?
• mise-en-scene
• edited images
• use of phrases like 'puppet'
• How does the front page utilise both bias through selection and bias through omission? How do you know?
• reinforces the ideology that Corbyn id bad, and makes you look like a fool if you disagree through the huge list of phrases to make him look idiotic
• How does this newspaper use 'persuasive definitions'? What are you if you disagree with the ideology of the newspaper?
• uses persuasive definition by making Corbyn look so bad you can't possibly like him
• is you disagree with this ideology you are shown as a fool
• Why is this newspaper being so blatant with it's ideology? What is it trying to achieve? AND WHY?
• trying to influence the political party of the audience

• What techniques are used to construct representations in this front page?
• makes Boris Johnson look bad through MES, use of language, etc
• How does the front page utilise both bias through selection and bias through omission? How do you know?
• bias through selection as an anti-Boris ideology is presented
• bias through omission as the image is not reflective of the story
• How does this newspaper use 'persuasive definitions'? What are you if you disagree with the ideology of the newspaper?
• makes Boris look so bad in a way that you can't side with him, making you look like a fool if you agree with him
• Why is this newspaper being so blatant with it's ideology? What is it trying to achieve? AND WHY?
• trying to influence the ideologies of the audience and their political views

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