Ideology and Hegemony

Question 1

Ideology

Answer 1

set of beliefs held up through social structures that a society believes to be true

Question 2

Give 3 examples of ideologies

Answer 2

heteronormativity, misogyny, patriarchy

Question 3

Cultivation Theory

Answer 3

Gerbner & Gross : explores long term effects of television

Question 4

Give 3 assumptions from the cultivation theory

Answer 4

More likely to feel like the elderly are a vanishing breed
More likely to think they will encounter violence
More likely to have sexist views

Question 5

Hegemony

Answer 5

dominant ideologies

Question 6

Repressive state apparatus

Answer 6

coerced into doing something through violence and or force (police, court, prisons)

Question 7

Ideological state apparatus

Answer 7

consent to do something by choice because of positive reward (schools, media, church)

Question 8

Counter-Hegemony

Answer 8

resistance to hegemony (the norm)

Question 9

Give an example of absorbing Counter Hegemony

Answer 9

Queer eye for the straight guy (gays in service to the white male)
Will and Grace (homosexuality –> heterosexuality)