Marxist Theory

Developed by Karl Marx in 2nd half of the nineteenth century during most volatile period of social change in Europe
Theory arguing that the hierarchical class system is at the root of all social problems and must be ended by the revolution of proletariat

Capitalism and class struggle

Robber baron (business men) capitalist for exacerbating social problems because the maximize personal profit by exploiting workers

The workers would rise against capitalists and demand to an end to exploitation. They would band together to create a democratic social order.

Capitalist need labor and the workers need wages. System is highly unbalanced


Marxism and media

Marx never study comprehensively the role of media but his work locates the role of mass media in the context of the operation of the capitalist economy and emphasize the connection the economic organization of society by a famous passage from his work

Creation of false consciousness

Marx refered to the creation of false consciousness in the minds of the other classes about the political and social realities of capitalist society

Marx work encourages us to see the media as a means to promote a certain set of views and ideas off the bourgeois’

In other words the images, representations and report we see in the newspapers, see on our screens or hear on our radio encourage us to see the established social order as natural, desirable and something that we should support.

This is an evitable outcome of the fact that media are business and are privately owned by the capitalist class

The media are instruments of social control whose content is manipulated to mislead people and encourage them to accept their subordinations

Marx believed that class conflict over economic resources would become more acute with the passing of time

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