1. The capitalist ideology that is demonstrated in 'The Hunger Games' is of today's society that we live in. It is identical as both our and the society in the film have a authoritarian figure whom is in control of his people and makes decisions accordingly due to the power which he possess; this is also what happens in our society today. In contrast with today's society is reflects negatively in 'The Hunger Games' as the government is trying to retain its power through the force is has using it as a deterrence so that no member of society will rebel back as fear has been injected into their minds due to the president. The common ideology that the government have is that they are the ones in control and the ones who have power have dominance in society which is why the games are created so that they can retain this power rather than society overthrowing them and obtaining power which is seen to be something that the president deserves being the alpha male in society. This is seen as in the text of the article is says ''the world is caught under the dictatorships of President Snow, a man who believes more in his own supreme leadership than the people of his country''. This quotation shows that the ideology of the President is for the one of a higher social status should be in power leaving everyone else inferior to him which is also a common ideology in today's society which is people can't change their position in society and it shouldn't be changed.
2. 'The Hunger Games' shows the power of media to shape and influence ideological beliefs. The media is used to influence the ideology that the President is the one who has the most power and those that are in the game are inferior; this is done to eradicate any hope of rebellious behaviour that the members of society could conform to if they see that there is hope if the people in the game start to seem more powerful than President Snow himself. The media also helps promotes ideologies about society such as the Marxist view that ruling class keep the working class under control through civic means.
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1. The four accepted ideological beliefs in western societies highlighted by the article are:
Realise your true potential
Be yourself
Lead a satisfying lifePeople should put their families first
2. Gramsci says that power isn't forced upon them but through consent, which means that people allow some sort of power to be placed upon them rather than it just being forced.
3. Louis Althusser says that the consumer which is us, are controlled through ideology. He believes that ideology was 'the greatest material of power which also dominates our day to day lifestyle. There are 2 key forms repressive state control and Idealogical State Apparatuses. Repressive state control are those who have power such as the government and ideological state apparatuses are institutions such as the church who dominate through common sense rather than fear.
4. I do not completely agree with this as the media does play a role it is not the only factor that plays a part. There are people who don't use the media or cannot afford this so are less likely to be controlled of influenced by this.
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