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    In a political atmosphere where it is easy to be labeled as either conservative or liberal, this simple label is becoming more difficult. Non-traditional ideologies are now emerging into the political arena that in prior elections would have been scoffed at. This 2016 election has shown a clear rise in support for Libertarianism, Democratic Socialism, and Authoritarianism. That is why it is important to understand what these ideologies mean through definition, policy preferences and the true impact

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    The American Dream

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    American Dream is an American ideology, in which everyone in the U.S. is able to reach with hardworking and dedication, and has been interrogated into our politics, economy, and social system. Some want to achieve economic prosperity, some just want religious freedom, some simply want to give their children a better chance at life than they had themselves, and others have different views on the American Dream. However, because the Dream has been integrated into our political, economical, and social systems

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    Jean Narboni’s essay “Cinema/Ideology/Criticism,” they put forward the central argument that film is a commercial product in the capitalist system and therefore also the unconscious instrument of the dominant ideology which produces it. In opposition to the classic film theory that applauds camera as an impartial device to reproduce reality, they argue that what the camera reproduces is merely a refraction of the prevailing ideology. Therefore, the primary and political task for filmmakers is to disrupt

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    At first mention, the lingerie and health industries seem like they may have nothing in common, yet the ideologies of utilizing nature as social and political tools for profit are comparable. Comparing my own tumblr work on Victoria’s Secret lingerie and the research done for the Wealth is Health tumblr, ingrained ideological processes we’ve become familiar with in the course materials appear within both. How do these practices drive profit for these separate businesses? First, recalling Klein’s

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    understanding of the self also requires the development of an ethical stance, a set of values, principles, and virtues to guide one’s moral conduct (Ambrosio, 2013, p. 328). Lacking such ethics or praxis, librarians are vulnerable to the dominant political ideology. “The way to overcome paralysis is the consciousness of what one really is and knowing oneself. It begins with taking an inventory of our historical formation with determining how we have been secretly imprinted by history; how our language

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    racist and xenophobic remark illustrates just how entrenched the notion of white supremacy or as Walter Rodney would call it the “white cultural imperialism” ideology is inextricably tied to the understanding of our society today. Because of this problematic ideology, there must be some sort of opposition to fight against such

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    down more by others, depending on if their problems are seriously destructive to the society or not. An often time in doing so, these people are manipulated into a dominant ideology which represents arguments about whether things are of optimistic or pessimistic standards in our civilization. This set of central principles, ideology, produces particular manners and offer ethical regulations by which one’s dealings can be evaluated. In fact, the media production business appears to be the focal resource

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    just describe the events; it creates characters and conflicts to help the reader better understand the meaning of the events. Modern literature is often linked to ideology, either supporting or discriminating it. George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Salman Rushdie’s The Prophet’s Hair are among the literary texts that attack the ideologies, Communism and Islam respectively. Even though the texts are written in the genres that are usually used to support the principles and ideas of the philosophy they

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    created to satisfy the emotional wants and needs of a specific group of people and because of these wants and needs, people reject certain truths and facts that contradict their ideology and worldview. Belief and anxiety have a direct relationship to rumor transmission due to a person 's wants and needs, propaganda, ideology, bias assimilation, and cognitive dissonance. In Pezzo and Becksteads “A Multilevel Analysis of Rumor Transmission”, the psychologists find that rumor anxiety and situational

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    Personal Reflection

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    my life lessons in a barn, out in a hay field, on the back of a horse, under the truck, or in the show ring. As a result, my political views at least somewhat reflect those of the people around which I was raised, giving me a unique political socialization. Political socialization is a lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values based on the roles played by the family, educational system, peer groups, and mass media in the individual’s life. Growing

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