TV: Capital - Marxism and Hegemony
Alezey Marxism & hegemony Task 1: Mail Online review of Capital 1) Re-read the Mail Online review of Capital . Why does it suggest that Capital features a left-wing ideology? 2) Choose three quotes from the review that are particularly critical of Capital and paste them into your blogpost. Do you agree with the criticisms? Why? 3) What scenes or characters from Capital could be read as promoting left-wing ideology? 4) What about the other side of the argument - are there any aspects of Capital that reinforce right-wing or capitalist viewpoints? Task 2: Media Factsheet - Applying Marxism - Media Factsheet Factsheet #66: Applying Marxism. 1) What does Marxism suggest regarding power in society? 2) Why is The Apprentice a good example of the media reinforcing capitalist values and ideologies? 3) Come up with two examples of media texts (e.g. TV programmes, newspapers...
