WORLDSTARHIPHOP/YOUTUBE

In class on Tuesday, our professor informed us on Ideology. This term means a body of ideas that reflects the beliefs and interests of a nation, political system, etc., and underlies political action. Its the set of beliefs by which a group or society orders reality so as to render it intelligible. This is a speculation that is imaginary or visionary and is the study of the nature and origin of ideas. As it was noted by our professor as a way of seeing the world in its appropriate roles, the stage of success its in, and the negatives such as criminal/immoral/wrong doings in society. In other words, how do we define success as a society. Going more depth into ideology, we really use the use of images to view how we are as a world in the media. For example, what are our worldviews from every point on earth (how America is viewed), our belief system (America feels we are the best), and Values (America's most precious and desired beliefs). When looked at as a group, the images that we give off are visible, common, and have power behind them. So, to sum this issue up from a media stand point, media is a major source of ideology which we are socialized into roles in terms of what we want to do and what we don't want to be in the environment we choose to adapt to. My reasoning of choosing WorldStarHipHip and YouTube because after looking into what ideology really is and how is actually exist in our world, these are two sources of media that is portrayed in our society and era today that I use daily for entertainment and news purposes on what maybe going on around me and the world  everyday. These media sources is something that can trace back from decades to this present time. Up-to-date visual aid is another important part of these cites because not only are you reading about a specific news story or some kind of good/violent/funny/sad act of such, your also viewing on what's going on. My opinion on these two specific media sources and how ideology is correlated with them, is that I see so much wrong doing on our side of the world in some random neck of the woods or cities. It's a lot of violence or criminal activity in America, but if you watch closely, lots of countries feed off our energy in doing such acts all the time. You may see these people from other forms of life dressing like us, dancing like us, listening to the same genre of music like us, or even try to run the same government as we do. There's really not much positive that occur in our media around the world. Like someone mentioned in class the other day, America is like the big brother of this so called "family-world" because every country on every continent looks up to us and tries to see what we are about to do or say next; follow the leader is what there doing and we're giving it in all shapes and forms. If this is what this world is coming to on a daily, then Barack Obama said it best, "Change needs to come, but its starts with us individually" and I agree with that quote 110%.