Que. As we saw in the class lecture one of the mostcontroversial ideas of Marx was his quote: “Religion is the opiumof the peopleâ€. Many people now discuss the decline of the role ofreligion in people’s lives and wonder if Marx’s concept may beoutdated. Here is your chance to update Marx’s ideas. For thisquestion, you are to substitute the word “media†for the word“religion†in the above quotation. In other words, the quote youare dealing with reads “Media (or “social mediaâ€, “Facebookâ€,“Twitterâ€) is the opium of the peopleâ€. What you are to do is tofocus on one aspect of media (it could betelevision, “reality tvâ€, video games, advertising, “second lifeâ€computer simulation games, sports (on television and in person),movies, social media, “Facebookâ€, or “Twitterâ€) and using the ideasdiscussed in the summary of Marx’s quotation – apply the sameanalysis to media today. Using examples to support your ideas, inwhat ways can it be said that today media operates to “dull thesenses†and thereby (using Marx’s terms) operates as a highlyaddictive and sedative “opium of the peopleâ€?(subject issociology)
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