Dissemination Of Ideology Research Articles

The Underexplored Synergy: Cinema as an Ally to the World Wars

This research explores the connection between The Great Wars and Cinema, examining how these major conflicts influenced and were influenced by the film industry. Beginning with an introduction to the causes and triggers of the wars, it traces the evolution of cinema from the pre-war era through the changes brought by the wars. The study focuses on the interdependent relationship between War and Cinema, highlighting how major participating countries used films for propaganda, morale-boosting, and ideological dissemination. As cinema became a dominant art form in the entertainment industry, it had significant socio-economic impacts, influencing national economies and public sentiment. The study also delves into the birth of "German Expressionism," a film technique that emerged in response to the societal trauma of the wars and significantly impacted modern cinema. This movement's distinct visual style and thematic depth continue to influence filmmakers even today. Additionally, the study examines the perspectives of civilians and soldiers on cinema during wartime periods, revealing how films served as both escapism and a reflection of reality. Through various case studies, the study illustrates cinema's role in shaping and reflecting the collective consciousness during these pivotal historical moments. This exploration offers valuable insights into how The Great Wars reshaped the landscape of cinema and left a lasting cultural legacy.

Understanding war: The sociological perspective revisited

Although war encompasses various dimensions – social, political, cultural, historical, anthropological and ecological – with significant economic implications, recent studies increasingly emphasize the importance of sociological perspectives in unravelling its complexities. I posit that war is profoundly shaped by social dynamics that have led to the development of contemporary warfare, culminating in the tumultuous twentieth century marked by increased coercion, organizational structures, disciplinary measures, tactical utilization of technology, ideological dissemination across broad masses of the population and micro-social bonds of solidarity intertwined with individual battlefield experiences. Furthermore, I argue that understanding these dynamics enhances the conceptual sociological comprehension of war, which is equally vital alongside historical, political, economic, cultural, anthropological and psychological dimensions that influence war. My analysis seeks to elucidate the social transformations driving the contemporary surge in war and warfare, drawing upon established sociological theories by scholars such as Bauman, Centeno and Malešević, who consistently validate these societal shifts.

Visual Representation of Malaysian Candidates in General Election in Selected Coalition Parties: A Visual Survey on Social Media

The 15th General Election was held on November 19, 2022. The warmth of the previous GE-15 (General Election 15) is still being talked about by many today. In the context of elections in Malaysia, the main factors that influence selected coalition parties based on communication strategy involving the manifesto agenda besides its effective visual strategy. The use of visuals is seen as a practical, easy, and fast medium of dissemination to influence audiences within the political party. This study aims to examine the meaning and ideology behind the visual representation of candidates involving Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN), and Perikatan Nasional (PN). Visual Semiotics Theory by Kress and van Leuween (1996) was adapted to study visual characteristics and ideology. The results found PH, BN, and PN attach great importance to the implementation of the principle slogan and positive visual elements in the agenda of their party. As a result, PH emphasizes the principles of progress and integrity, BN emphasizes progress and well-being while PN is seen to emphasize the combination of the principles of PH and BN in their party, which are well-being, integrity, and progress. In this case, PN is seen as more critical and transparent based on a combination of slogan principles compared to PH and BN. Positive visual representations and interesting slogan principles are seen as effective alternatives for ideology dissemination to audiences throughout the election season.

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Online News Reports on the Withdrawal of US Troops from Afghanistan

This study undertakes a CDA of online news reports from China Daily regarding the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Drawing upon van Dijk’s (1988) theory of news discourse analysis, the study examines the discursive features of China Daily’s coverage between April and September 2021. A corpus of 192 reports, with ten selected for detailed examination, offers a thorough analysis of how this important geopolitical event has been portrayed in the media and its ideological foundations. The major findings reveal a refined presentation of muti-angled discourses. These reports politically emphasize China’s stance on the event and advocates for a moral obligation toward Afghanistan’s future and a broad, inclusive government arrangement post-withdrawal and economically calls for policies that consider the welfare of local populations. These findings underscore the strategic use of discourse to navigate complex geopolitical narratives, illustrating the media’s role in ideological dissemination.

The Fragility of Democratic Voices in Philip Roth's Radio

Abstract: This article explores the multifaceted role of radio in Philip Roth's novels I Married a Communist (1998) and The Plot Against America (2004). Radio, as a pervasive medium of communication and influence during the mid-20th century, is the narrative mechanism that Roth employs to convey the idea of community as drawn together or taken apart by and through acts of listening. The emphasis on listening to the radio enables a complex reflection on democracy, which is depicted as both a tool of ideological dissemination and a symbol of public sentiment, open to both admiration and criticism in these novels. In this article, I propose reading I Married a Communist and The Plot Against America through their resonance of voices as a way to reflect on the transience of political discourses and the fragility of democracy. Through close textual analysis, I argue that Roth's scrutiny of the acoustics of society may be a counterhegemonic stance representing anti-democratic forces and authoritarian systems in a substantially and formally disruptive way. Ultimately, the hermeneutics of listening developed in this article reflects on the ethics of community-building and the stakes of democratic participation, which is key to understanding the political depth of these novels.

Watching Doraemon: Dismantling hegemony in a Japanese popular series

This article examines hegemony spread through Japanese popular series, Doraemon. In 2008, the character Doraemon was made the Anime Ambassador and was sent around the world to campaign for Japanese popular culture. This appointment is part of the Japanese government's public diplomacy strategy. Doraemon is then synonymous with the perfect character figure, which has become one of the symbols of the progress of the Japanese state. Hegemony theory is used to dissect how ideology works through characters that have become state icons and are widely accepted with a very positive image. The results of the analysis show that patriarchal hegemony works through the depiction of scary female characters, male superiority, and the role of the media as a means of ideological dissemination. The Doraemon series preserves the patriarchy wrapped in a beautiful dream story of a future with Japan's advanced technology.

The Impact of Social Media News Consumption on Online Political Expression in China: The Role of Netizens’ Political Orientation

ABSTRACT Political ideology and political trust are key factors that affect people’s political expression. With the development of the internet, social media is at the forefront of China’s mainstream ideological dissemination, and social media users are becoming the dominant force in various online public opinion and political expression venues. This study examines whether Chinese netizens’ trust in the government and their political ideology impact the relationship between their social media news consumption and their online political expression. By analyzing data from the 2018 Netizens’ Social Consciousness in China Survey (N = 5,415), we found that social media news consumption is positively associated with people’s online political expression, and Chinese netizens’ trust in government mediates this relationship. Additionally, netizens’ political ideology moderates the relationship between social media news consumption and online political expression. This paper explains the effects of social media news consumption on netizens’ online expression through their political orientation.

Archaeology of Islamization in Northern Madagascar

Islamic towns dotted the northern coasts of Madagascar in the immediate precolonial period. The heritage of these settlements was not unlike their coastal East African contemporaries. Elaborating upon what is known from regional oral traditions and Islamic histories, archaeology has increasingly served as a conduit for understanding, facilitating the investigation of Muslim chronologies and lifeways in Madagascar. Tangible cultural heritage has corroborated Malagasy tradition, attesting to a human landscape sculpted by centuries of colonization, disparate and interconnected micro-migrations, and seasonal visitations. These finds are echoed in the genetics of the present-day Malagasy, where a legacy of Austronesian, African, and Indian Ocean inputs and population fluidity is found (Heiske et al. 2021; Radimilahy and Crossland 2015, 504–505). The compositional peculiarities of Muslim communities along the northern flanks of Madagascar recommend that Islamic beliefs reached the great island via the Comorian Archipelago in the early 2nd millennium CE, arriving via maritime routes and as components of larger southward dispersion phenomena, which included ideological dissemination, socio-religious affiliation, and the physical movement of people over multiple generations. The diffusion of Islamic ideologies to Madagascar was not realized according to a uniform Islamization pathway, nor was the development of member communities constrained within a single moment in time, as told in Antalaotra and Zafiraminia foundational biographies. Recent archaeological investigations at the Islamic town of Kingany in Madagascar’s northwest help clarify the trajectories of said ideological transmission and elaborate on underlying Islamizing mechanisms pertinent to the Mozambique Channel in this period.

Crafting a colony: Geochemical insights into 1000 years of state craft in the Moquegua Valley, Peru

The long-distance movement of craft items and ideas about their manufacture contribute to imperial projects; facilitating the dissemination of ideologies, serving as tribute, and acting as media for actors to assert affinity with elites and for elites to reward subjects. We interrogate how pottery production and distribution were influenced and involved in different imperial strategies over approximately 1000 years in one Andean valley. Attractive to colonizing polities for its agricultural potential, the Moquegua Valley was first incorporated into expansive states during the Middle Horizon (500–1000 CE) when both the Wari and Tiwanaku established provincial enclaves there. In the 15th century, the valley was subject to Inka colonization. A century later, it was Spanish imperialism that shaped Moquegua’s sociopolitical dynamics. Despite this recurrent pattern of conquest and incorporation, the nature of these incursions likely varied. The elemental data discussed here were generated through LA-ICP-MS on ceramics excavated from archaeological sites that span this millennium of imperialism; they include ceramic material associated with all four political incursions as well as the four centuries long Late Intermediate Period (LIP) when Moquegua was not under the influence of external state authority. Coupled with a robust compositional database of clays that facilitates distinguishing imported ceramics and also the exploitation of different resources within the valley, the data from Moquegua present an opportunity to a) reconstruct a diachronic picture of resource acquisition, the organization of production, and participation in local, regional, and long distance exchange networks and b) interrogate similarities and differences in how craft was implicated in diverse strategies of statecraft. The elemental data suggest that crafting activities were configured in different ways for each of the four expansive polities in Moquegua. As such these data add weight to recent scholarship that argues that crafting activities in contexts of imperialism cannot be reduced to simple models. Additionally, the data from the LIP contribute to comparative dialogue on production and exchange during periods of political localism, and illustrate the ways in which crafting activities participate in intercommunity dynamics during periods of social turmoil.

Digital books and the far right

ABSTRACT Books are a recognized but insufficiently researched means for dissemination of ideologies, including by far-right violent extremists. Considering that the far-right are early and effective adopters of new communication technology, this article explores how digital publication and circulation of books can both enable and direct a known potential pathway to radicalization to extremism: the ‘intellectual quest’. This article explores the publication history and commercial circulation of novels by self-identified American neo-Nazis William L. Pierce and Harold A. Covington, which have been linked to planning and acts of violence both in the U.S.A. and elsewhere, and how commercial algorithms direct potential purchasers to ideologically adjacent material. We argue that digital book publishing and circulation have particular affordances for articulating, amplifying and normalizing violent extremist ideologies.

算法时代主流意识形态传播的机遇、风险及应对策略

算法时代主流意识形态传播的机遇、风险及应对策略

Scholars Raising their Voices Up: An Approximation to Discourses of Hegemony and Resistance in ELT in Colombia

In the last few years, Colombian ELT scholars have become aware of the importance of discourse for the dissemination of ideologies and agendas. As a result, the number of studies on this area has shown an unprecedented growth. Nevertheless, few investigations have explored and analyzed both sides simultaneously so as to display not only the types of hegemonic discourses that have permeated the field but also those which have recently emerged in response to such a situation. Considering these elements, this paper reports on a qualitative case study carried out with the purpose of analyzing the latest types of hegemonic discourses and discourses of resistance that have taken place in elt in Colombia. After analyzing the data gathered, which consisted of empirical and conceptual articles, as well as linguistic policies emitted by the Colombian Ministry of Education (men), the results showed that discourses revolving around bilingualism (understood as the English-Spanish relationship), identity, and native speakerism have been a recurrent aspect in the Colombian elt field. Yet, findings also suggest that, especially in the last decade, elt scholars have been resisting these discourses by promoting alternative ones that acknowledge initiatives in different areas of knowledge. In light of these aspects, it is recommended to keep resisting and promoting an agenda of decolonization so that alternative discourses, as is the case of those that acknowledge the incorporation of epistemologies that have been historically overlooked, continue gaining traction within the field.

Effectiveness of Adaptation and Integration Mechanisms in Prevention of the Dissemination of Ideologies of Extremism and Terrorism among Migrants

Nowadays, undoubtedly, one of the severely potential hazards threatening societies due to the migration processes is the spread of extremist ideologies of terrorism among immigrants worldwide. The article analyzes the effectiveness of adaptation and integration mechanisms so as to prevent the spread of ideologies of extremism and terrorism among migrants. This paper illustrates that adaptation and integration mechanisms have significant multifunctional capabilities in preventing the spread of ideologies of extremism and terrorism among migrants. Different approaches to solving migration issues are taken into consideration. It is positively proven that for the prevention of manifestations of the ideologies of extremism as well as terrorism amongst migrants, a particular model of cultural integration is required. Where integration is able to provide a high degree of cultural cohesion, the formation of mutual respect between cultures so that new cultures can integrate into the existing unified culture of the country. As a result, effective mechanisms for the adaptation and integration of migrants in order to prevent the spread of ideologies of extremism and terrorism among migrants are proposed.

Constructing political Narratives as a tool of political discourse for the development of ideological concepts and ideologies: problems of theory and practice

The relevance of the article is due to the nature of political discourse as a widespread social practice that mediates the sphere of politics as a whole and is in constant search, testing and using the most effective forms of conveying meaning. The article substantiates the role of the political narrative as a tool of political discourse that contributes to the explanation and dissemination of ideologies. The discursive approach and morphological analysis of ideologies make it possible to analyze the signs and features of the construction of political narratives, within which ideological concepts and ideologies move from the abstract level of reflection and speculative constructions to specific plots and examples from the history of the country, becoming more understandable to citizens and increasing their public capital. The analysis of cases on the choice between F. E. Dzerzhinsky and A. Nevsky for the installation of a monument in Moscow shows that a political narrative based on the events and figures of certain historical periods of a particular state has the necessary potential to influence political opinions, beliefs and actions. Using the narratives of F. E. Dzerzhinsky and A. Nevsky as an example, it is proved that the political narrative is able to dynamically transform itself, responding to the socio-political demands of a particular historical period, and harmoniously integrate into the current political system. It is concluded that the development of narrative as a tool for working with political discourse and the use of historical events and figures in it is an obligatory form of social practice for any political actor aimed at gaining political power, defending his political interests and promoting and spreading ideology and ideological concepts.

The Spread, Rise, and Fall of University Students' Interconnected Internet Public Opinion in the Age of Big Data.

With the interconnected network's quick growth and widespread adoption, it has only made sense that it would serve as a hub for the dissemination of ideologies and cultural information as well as an amplifier for public opinion. The world is dualistic. The popularity of the connected network has both positive and negative effects on society. It makes people's lives more convenient, but it also has some drawbacks. Public opinion will quickly build up on the interconnected network as network communication becomes a significant method of disseminating social information, and the number of public opinion events on the interconnected network will also rise. Accurately understanding the law of higher education students' online public opinion to effectively direct and utilise online public opinion to carry out ideological education for students and to realise the establishment of students' good values, mental health, and behavioural norms, it is necessary to understand how to spread and rise and fall in the era of big data work. The parameter inversion model of online public opinion is established in this article based on the aforementioned issues. The parameter inversion algorithm is used to calculate the trend value of online public opinion, and the degree of fitting between the trend value of actual data and the trend value of parameter inversion is compared. The study discovered that the experiment's fitting value is as high as 90%. The model's prediction of the overall trend of the event development is correct, indicating that the model parameters are inverted, even though the actual public opinion data are affected by a variety of random factors, so some deviations may occur at local points. The internal law of the evolution of events that spread public opinion has been discovered, and it can be used to accurately describe the evolution and development of the public opinion dissemination process as it is driven by its internal mechanism. In the age of big data, this article analyses and summarises the rise, fall, and distribution of online public opinion among students at institutions of higher education. It also serves as a guide for monitoring and directing online public opinion in colleges and other institutions of higher education.

Ideological and Political Education Resources in Literary Works —A study Based on College Students and Employees of Tobacco Enterprises

Objectives: This paper discusses the ideological and political education resources in literary works. Based on the focus group interviews with college students and employees of tobacco enterprises, this paper further explains the three forms of manifestation related to the ideological and political education resources in literary works: First, the ideological and political education themes in literary works; secondly, the literary discourse strategies can provide reference for the discourse system of the ideological and political education; thirdly, literary works can involve the subject construction in the discourse system of the ideological and political education. An in-depth study of these problems will bridge the originally wide gap between the literary narration and the ideological and political education so that the ideological and political education can absorb and learn from the advantages of literary narration in the ideological dissemination.

Dance in Ethiopia: Traditionality and Contemporariness

Dance practices in Ethiopia remained vibrant, albeit transformed, as thecountry transitioned from feudalism to socialism (1974), and then to neoliberalcapitalism (1991). For centuries, a vast array of movement traditions has beenessential to religious and communal rituals in Ethiopia. Today, traditionalEthiopian dance is most visible in tourist restaurants or YouTube videos. Thetrajectory of dance from ritualised practices to commercialised performancespresents a seeming paradox: traditional Ethiopian dance as we know it today is,in fact, a modernised performance genre serving multiple functions: memorytransmission, ideological dissemination, and profit generation, among others.In the 1980s, the socialist state harvested dances from around the country toproduce “modernised” performances on the stages of government theatres,propagating the ideology of national unity amidst border wars and internaloppression. In the 1990s, as Ethiopia opened to the West, these dances continuedto be performed on restaurant stages, not so much to propagandise for thestate as to generate profit for the industry. The modernisation of traditionaldance continues in Ethiopia, under the auspices of neoliberal privatisation,which has also led to the westernisation of youth culture. Since the late 1990s,a group of young Ethiopians have devoted themselves to contemporarydance by adopting Western aesthetics and distinguishing their practice fromtraditional dance. Recently, they have grappled with the imperative to infuseEthiopian dance traditions in their work in order to be recognised in the globaldance field. Through dance ethnography, oral histories, and video archives,this paper illuminates both traditionality and contemporariness as historicalconstructs – categories of differential powers used to organise the currentdance field in Ethiopia.
 Keywords: Ethiopian dance, contemporary dance, traditional dance, multiple modernities, decolonizing dance

Trade union education in former French Africa (1959–1965): ideological transmission and the role of French and Italian communists

The socialist experiences that were born in West Africa during the decolonisation of the French empire (1958–1960) showed their most significant expressions in Guinea and Mali. The two new independent republics took an anti-imperialist stance and chose to pursue a ‘non-capitalist’ development, supported by the USSR. The sudden departure of the European rulers left an untrained bureaucratic apparatus: the leading parties needed a political training for their own leadership and their mass structures to pursue a strategy of political and economic control of the state. The role of African unions became necessary in the orientation of state strategies and in the ideological dissemination of Marxism among workers. The connections of the sub-Saharan unions with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) – referring to the international communist movement – and with the French Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) and the Italian Confederazione Generale Italana del Lavoro (CGIL) show the permeability of the African workers’ movement to the Marxist ideas coming from European communism, that were integrated with anti-imperialism and pan-Africanist anti-colonialism. The Guinean and Malian trade unions took a vanguard vocation of socialism in their respective countries, also making use of the technical assistance of European trade unionists who had come on behalf of the WFTU in Africa to train Union Générale des Travailleurs d’Afrique Noire (UGTAN) cadres.

A Network of Awakening Souls

The New Age spiritual milieu has been characterised as increasingly diffuse and lacking in cohesion as it evolves away from its counter-cultural and millenarian roots. It has also been criticised for its dependence on capitalist-driven consumption, with noticeably less attention given to what the New Age produces. However, whilst New Age certainly relies on the free market to sustain a multitude of spiritual businesses, its facilitators also play an instrumental role in the dissemination of ideologies and the building of community based on a shared ethos. Markets can therefore function as sites for meaningful enquiry into the ideologies, activities and cohesiveness of New Age culture. An examination of New Age Facebook groups in Australia demonstrates the spiritual milieu is less fragmented than it may appear. Instead, this national network is unified by its shared values and bound together by a core doctrine of holistic self-spirituality.

Youth Media Literacy in Interpreting the Ideology of the Film Documentary The Malayan Emergency (2010)

Ideology dissemination via historical documentaries provide an advantage to the government in implementing national policies. The characteristics of documentary films which represent 'reality' allow varied interpretations to reach their target audiences. It is thus imperative that the audience's understanding and interpretation be parallel with the ideology that the government wants to convey as to avoid the misinterpretation of information. However, studies have shown that audiences' interpretations are not always in line with what the producer intends to communicate. As such, the objective of this research is to analyse factors affecting youth media literacy in understanding and interpreting the ideology of historical documentary films titled The Malayan Emergency (2010). Audiences especially youths have their own views and opinions on any documentary film they watch. Experimental results show that critical thinking, media aesthetics and the exposure to the Internet actually affect ideological interpretations in historical documentary films. Among others, the results of the experimental study also showed that cognitive thinking skills and education backgrounds of youth have influenced the interpretation and understanding of historical documentary films. The interpretation and understanding of youth in ideology towards historical documentary films are influenced by individual factors (educational background and cognitive thinking), media texts (media aesthetic) and external factors (exposure to Internet). Thus, individual factors are the key aspect of media literacy to interpret messages critically. Keywords: Documentary, media literacy, critical thinking, aesthethic media, exposure Internet.