A bias outlook on what the majority of a society believes and lives by, presented to the public by the media. Ideology, is presented to us in several ways; television, magazines, music lyrics, movie theatre's, the news and so on. The majority of society commonly mistakes these ideologies as facts and reality. An example of this is the image of family. In the world of television the perfect family consists of one mom, one father, a son and a daughter and perhaps a dog. In this situation the ideology is that the people within this family are living the perfect life. The father is still considered the provider of the family, while the mother is portrayed as the care taker of the home. Cooking, cleaning, caring for the children etc, are all the responsibilities of the mother. The children occasionally do not get along. The son of the household is considered to be the annoying brother. The older daughter accepts more of the responsibilities around the house and is desperately annoyed by even the presence of her brother.
In the real world, mothers and fathers both have full time jobs, outside of the home. Brothers and sisters get along. Pets are becoming less common in households due to the fact that there is rarely anyone home to care for it. Families consist of more then one son or daughter or maybe even have only one child, maybe no children at all. But because the majority of us are blinded by what the media leads us to believe, we are rarely happy with our own lives. This is because we continue to compare it to that of television. Although this is only one example of ideology, the message here is that these ideologies shape what we as a society believe to be right. Instead of following our own beliefs, and giving credit to what we our selves have accomplished, we continue to compare it to the lives of others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFRnrjQs4Y
In the real world, mothers and fathers both have full time jobs, outside of the home. Brothers and sisters get along. Pets are becoming less common in households due to the fact that there is rarely anyone home to care for it. Families consist of more then one son or daughter or maybe even have only one child, maybe no children at all. But because the majority of us are blinded by what the media leads us to believe, we are rarely happy with our own lives. This is because we continue to compare it to that of television. Although this is only one example of ideology, the message here is that these ideologies shape what we as a society believe to be right. Instead of following our own beliefs, and giving credit to what we our selves have accomplished, we continue to compare it to the lives of others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRFRnrjQs4Y
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