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What Is Marxism?

A theory of of socialism which states that the oppression of the working class by the "nobility". Marx argued that capatalist society is divided into two social classes:

1) The Working Class- sell their labour
2) The bourgeoisie (the establisment/ruling class) - Own the means of production and employ the labour (proletariat-masses)

Althusser identfified the ISA (Ideological State Apparatus) whereby the media maintains the class divide in society

Audiences are interpreted by media (put in our place) and accept this as 'common sense)- cultural myths- Barthes

What we see in the media nd the representations are hegemonic: reinforce dominant ideology

Gramsei came up with the concept of hegemony- Dominant ideology of the ruling class

Why Am I a Marxist?

I am Marxist because i agree that we live in a captalist society as we sell ourselves to the bourgeoisie. There is a definit sense of hegemony as media moguls such as Rupert murdoch have a sttong-hold over the public and sub-consciously impose their views in society. For example, he owns FOX TV in the US as well as SKY TV in the UK thus American ideologies come through SKY and Sky News. However, i do believe that humans have their own line of thought and can make decisions for themselves independantly from the ruling classes