Media & Democracy Week 10 Media as Ideological State Apparatus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsEt-qtOqs Tosh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED5s1-Fe9FA Cash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sijN4Lt5c10 Dylan Democracy as Shibboleth Media/Corporate Propaganda, Law, Control Ideology, Agency, the State Althusser and Media as Ideological State Apparatus State/Nation – capitalist mode of production is coterminous Illusion of equality Mechansims of rule RSA ISA (ideology in structure; unconscious) Althusser Ideology is a representation of the Imaginary Relationship of Individuals to their Real Conditions of Existence Ideology masks sets of real relationships; stories we tell ourselves about what is real “becomes” real Unconscious Analgesic Representations of their relations to relations of production rather than their real relations to production We are interpellated into Subject Positions Media – and modes of address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXQozTxQSiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IojqOMWTgv8 Marijuana in the Public Mind Law Practice Discourse Ambiguity – 14 states/DC http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/business/media/05pot.html?_r=1&th&emc=th – Med. Marijuana Ads a boon for local newspapers looking for ways to cope with the effects of the recession and the flight of advertising — especially classified listings Proposition 19 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/marijuana-legalisation-california-proposition-19 Marijuana America Rolling Stone Why is it really illegal? http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_marijuana_illegal Grass What are the economics of legal pot? http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/pot-economics-who-stands-toprofit-if-marijuana-is-legalized/19436146/ http://whalen.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/marlboro.jpg -pic What is the face of competition? http://healthland.time.com/2010/09/16/does-big-beer-fear-big-bud/ - What is the message sent from Washington? http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-15/politics/holder.marijuana_1_legalizesrecreational-marijuana-federal-marijuana-laws?_s=PM:POLITICS http://abcnews.go.com/WN/vote-2010-election-buzzkill-opponents-californiaprop-19/story?id=11965618 Pot in Popular Culture Pot moments http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/gallery/cheechchong/ http://www.hulu.com/watch/26022/animal-house-smoke-some-pot Saturday Morning Cartoons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obxfuFrUTzg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Weeds_episodes Shifting Public Discourse/Debate or Diversionary Tactics Safe Alternatives Energy drinks, University drinking culture (Alcohol) http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/nc/nc2a.htm Drugs http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/396/1-party-school Prohibition http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/high-alcohol-high-caffeine-drinks-posehealth-danger/story?id=11928034 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/caffeinated-booze-drugs-sickened-studentsparty/story?id=11965071 Pharm Parties - http://hubpages.com/hub/The_Truth_About_Pharm_Parties http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/22/60minutes/main6422159.shtml Tobacco Personal Freedom or Public Health http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/9/3/263.full Democracy, Government, and Power Understanding laws as process Understanding society as a function of economic relations Understanding the System as Status Quo Public Responsibility vs. Individual Rights Discourse as a function of Ideology Civic participation as agency for change/stasis Breaking out of the Matrix?