Power as Ideology - Lecture notes - Manufactured consent

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What does manufactured consent entail?

By concealing the biases of the political system, it is possible to mold the consciousness of the masses which results in manufactured consent about the subaltern position of the masses.

What resource is used to manufacture the consent of the masses?

Mass media can mold modern consciousness and political thought since the form and content of political and social consciousness cannot be understood without reference to the image of the word presented by these media

What is the key element of politics according to Schumpeter?

The staging and managing of political shows
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In the metaphor of the theatre, there exists a distribution of labor between actors and adience. What does this distribution of labor entail?

  • Actors : Good at their job, its fake, we know it but we give them our attention, fictional but magical, mobilises emotions, connecting to you, fictional but real
  • Audience: the mass giving attention to the actors, passive audience but also active by getting drawn in (uninvolved involvement)

How can you prevent conflict according to Lukes?

By shaping their perception, preferences, and cognitions for them to accept their subaltern position.

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