Hybrid Ideologies

which ideology do you choose?

- saturated media landscape.

- portray the rythm/ flow of information = amount + speed

Task Next Class:

- Make a new text combination out of the four individual ones.

- speed up version hiding much of message of text except small parts

- ends with "What Ideology do you choose?", tabloid style

- Add a desert image.

- Use the new text in the text-to-speech software.

Notes

• Antman
  • ideology as commodity (Thomas)
  • exchange, consumerist society(Li)
  • saturated media landscape (Thomas)
  • circle of information, visualization
  • different view on ideology to understand contemporary politics
  • sense of humanity and betterment (Joana)

• Joana
  • ideology grown out of outlook on the world - collection of impressions
  • career, profession: designer; professional ideology
  • guilt + discipline = ideology == satisfaction -- D: hypocrisy
  • solidarity vs hipocrisy, problematizing the relation
  • collectivity, relations between people, branding as positioning yourself
  • documentaries educate us in the flaws of western society

• Li
  • groups re/presented by logo
  • ideology /=/ group
  • commodified profit-driven ideological development --> Market forces
  • ideology as us & them, access

• Thomas
  • broadcast media create perception of world
  • branding in news
  • commodification in ideology
  • 'we are the world' - branding
  • underground/narrowcast-coverage: The Young Turks
  • outsourcing of journalism to freelancers
  • fear to sell product, news (?)
  • avoidance of complexity since 'fall of ideologies'