Ideology In English Culture

The term “culture “is a very broad word in the English language and thus resulting in many various definitions of the word. Raymond Williams (1983) had provided a number of definitions for the term culture. Raymond Williams (1983) calls culture as a very complex and broad word in the English language (Visual Communication 2 Reading pack, Page 45) the first definition that Raymond Williams provides is that “culture can be used to refer to a general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development” (Visual Communication 2 Reading pack, Page 45).

Meaning that people have certain ways of living and have rules and beliefs which according to them would uplift you as a person for example the spiritual beliefs of the Amish. The Amish

According to the theorist Graeme Turner (1996) suggested that ideology is the most important category in the study of cultural studies. Ideology is closely related to culture and is more of an analysis of culture. As culture is a very broad word in the English language then so is ideology mainly because there are various meanings to the word. Ideology closely relates to question one in terms of how certain people who belong to different cultures live their lives and the practices they follow in their cultures.

Many definitions have been compiled to define what ideology is. The first definition that will be discussed states that ideology refers to the constant and structured ideas voiced from a certain group setting of people. For example when we state professional ideologies we refer to the ideas that are created and practiced by a group that is classified as a professional group. This definition mostly categorizes and classifies different groups and aspects of the group. (Taken from the visual communication reading pack under the sun heading “ideology “on pages 46 &

This definition would refer to different mediums of society and how those different mediums represent the world around us and how we perceive the world around us. Such mediums include various publications, television, and social media etc… It draws attention to the text and the perceptual understanding of the mediums presented to you as society. This definition relies mostly on society and more of a confrontational aspect such as exploitation and oppression. According to the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1978) “Good or bad, a play always includes an image of the world”. (A quote taken from the visual communication reading pack on page 47) Meaning that a lot if different aspects and mediums and society have a perceiver view of how reality is and certain minorities believe those ideologies portrayed by those mediums weather they are positive or negative aspects of life. (Taken from the visual communication reading pack under the sun heading “ideology “on pages 46 &