Exam 3 COMM 110 Week 11 Media as Ideological State Apparatus Readings o The Union Film Discussion Questions Why was marijuana initially banned What are the dangers to legalizing using pot o What points are made about it in comparison to tobacco and alcohol pot production What points were made about the production of BC Bud What points were made about the black market economy surrounding What points were made about the War on Drugs and its relationship to the prison industrial complex and pharmaceutical production o Pharmaceutical companies do not want the legalization What are the conclusions we are left with as viewers With the recession states start to have conversations on how to make money o From dude to dividends Reading Turning into Big Marijuana From underground industry to commodity in a regulated market Private equity and venture capitalists now interesting it s inevitable that it will be legalized and it s inevitable that there will be a real industry For the first time a majority of Americans support legalizing pot half of Baby Boomers and two thirds of Millennials Cohesive marketing and branding structures and industry wide leadership can change the stereotype of marijuana Colorado alone will generate 130 1 million state tax dollars Lecture o Althusser Marxist Theorist 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 o Representations of their real relationships of production rather than their real relations to production o We are interpellated into Subject Positions Media and modes of address The Matrix o Becoming a part of the system o Just batteries o Repressive State Apparatus Control the relations of production through mainly repressive physical means Blatantly forced upon people In conjunction with Ideological State Apparatus Include Government administration at all levels Police Court Prisons Military Almost used exclusively to keep a population in line true violence and repression Monarchies and feudal governments used brute force to contain the working class with the exception of the ideological force of the Church CONTROL o Ideological State Apparatus Institutions not associated with the state education church family media trade unions law Transmit the values of the state to interpellate those individuals affected by them and to maintain order in a society Maintain the reproduction of the relations of production The Matrix In contemporary capitalist societies education has replaced the Church as the principal ideological state apparatus Ideology in structure unconscious CONTROL o Know your rights o Interpellation hailed into subject positions Raised in these systems and forced to be a part of Creates an identity o Relations of Production Must produce to consume which also must do this to survive Customization but only within the system Companies try to make the system better for us to not realize that we are in the system The extreme division of labor into simple repetitive tasks allows the fast food industry to increase throughput while lowering labor costs by tapping unskilled teenage and marginal workers o False Consciousness The proletariat either do not know they are under or which they disregard with a view to their own POUM probability possibility of upward mobility Wearing high heels upward mobility Result of mass manufacturing The inability to question the dominate ideology o Agency free will o Changing Times Gay Marriage Marijuana Laws Becoming a social norm o History Hemp was legal in the US until the mid 1800s and was the most common agricultural product Yellow Journalism associating with bad minorities Weed associated with racism 1970s main target associated with the War On Drugs Repressive State Apparatus Prohibition Why didn t it work What happens when you try to control Bootleggers unground economies and cultural Facts Most frequently used illegal drug Arrest someone every 42 second Over 50 of inmates currently in federal prison are there for drug Marijuana in the Public Mind offenses Law Practices Discourse o Miss o It is illegal o Cannot argue whether it is correct or not o Who smokes o Lawyers presidents authors etc Marijuana protects kids DARE Causes cancer Causes criminal behavior causation and correlation Ambiguity 23 States DC o Don t know where the taxes are going o Might not work in other states Legal in 2 States Washington Colorado by referendum vote Medical 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 Marijuana in America Why is it really illegal What are the economics of legal pot What is the face of competition Why did legalization fail in California Safe Alternatives Drinking o Prohibition o Is it really better Drugs Tobacco o Stimulants o Energy Drinks o Personal Freedom or Public Health o Prescription Drugs Prison Often do not talk about them or do not talk about the facts So many people go to jail that Sesame Street has to explain prison Private Prisons What are some of the drawbacks to legalization Regulations o What age is appropriate o Driving laws o What else needs to be considered Democracy of Shibboleth Media Corporate Propaganda The Law and Social Control Media as Ideological State Apparatus Ideology Agency the State o State Nation capitalist mode of production is coterminous Illusion of equality Mechanisms of rule Repressive State Apparatus Ideological State Apparatus Discussion o Thugs vs mentally ill with race o Legalizing for medicinal or recreational purposes o How should it be regulated o Where do we draw the line Week 12 Capitalism and Class Readings Videos o The Age of the Permanent Intern o Intern Nation Lecture o Agency Graduates from college having a hard time finding a permanent job Many industries do not start at entry level but at intern level When did lucky become working for below minimum wage for month on end Internships don t always lead to the job offer o Nickle and Dimed o No one should have to work for free Mikey Franklin created the Fair Pay Campaign end unpaid internships in America Interns have filed more than 20 lawsuits against employers for unfair working conditions Beginning of the end of unpaid internships Some colleges require internships and forbid the students from getting paid Non profits can consider the