Comm 110 1st Edition Lecture 27Current LectureMedia as Ideological State Apparatus I. Althusser a. Ideology is a representation of the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existencei. Ideology masks sets of real relationships; stories we tell ourselves about what is real “becomes” real1. Representations of their relations to relations of production ratherthan their real relations to production2. We are interpellated into Subject Positionsa. Media and modes of addressb. The matrixi. Blue pill vs. the red pill 1. With the red pill he starts to see the powers ii. Battery of the system1. Place holdersII. Repressive state apparatus – those systems and structures in a society that control the relations of production through mainly repressive, physical means These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. In conjuction with Ideological State Apparatuses, or ISAs) to maintain the reproduction of the relations of production, or in other words, to keep the laborers laboring for the State and the bourgeois society.b. Include the followingi. Government ii. Police iii. Courtiv. Prisonsv. The militaryc. British comedy clipi. Violence with inheriting the system III. Ideological State Apparatus – a term developed by the Marxist theorist Louis Althusser to denote insititutions such as education, the churches, family, media, trade unions, and law which were formally outside state control, but which served to transmit the values of the state, to interpellate those individuals affected by them, and to maintain order in a society, above all to reproduce capitalist relations of production.a. Don’t have anything to do with the official stateb. School, familyIV. Interpellation - The process of identification thus creates identitya. Born in America means your Americanb. Born a girl or a boyV. Relations of production - The sum total of social relationships that people must enter into, in order to survive, to produce and reproduce their means of lifea. Working for the weekendb. Fast laborc. Pimp my ride to pimp my cubicle d. We enjoy the system and don’t question itVI. False consciousness – Material and institutional processes in capitalist society are misleading to the proletariat, and to other classesa. Can’t control the ideologies we are sold b. Wearing heels they aren’t comfortable, but why do we wear themi. Because we are told they look good by the media and men c. What is agency?i. The idea that we have free will and it doesn’t have to be part of the systemii. Ability to change things d. What is structure?i. Contrast of agencyii. Not being able to change iii. Have no choice and deal with the systeme. Reality of the system is there is a little bit of bothVII. History of weeda. Hemp was legal in the US until the mid 1800s and was the most common agricultural productb. Yellow journalism – became associated with “bad minorities”i. Idea that you sensationalize thingsii. Idea that weed was corrupting different individuals associated with racec. 1970s main target associated with the war on drugsd. Prohibition i. Weren’t allowed to drink then was because people were sneaking itVIII. Random facts a. Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. Nearly 69 million Americans over the age of 12 have tried marijuana at least onceb. Police in the U.S. arrest someone for marijuana every 42 seconds c. Over 50 percent of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug offensesIX. Bonnaroo bust a. Lawyer: $2,500b. Probation fees: $500c. Fines: $600d. Had to go see an addiction specialist to assess my level of “addiction”i. Fees and punishment all based on the fact that I was a middle class white girlii. Took away from people who actually needed the