Marxist theories and Media - HT

Dialetical Materialism a theory started off by Karl Marx and Engles which Kumpar a critic of whom evaluates this marxist theory. She describes the theory as being more relevant to cultural and media studies of today. She also says how this work has come about due to the contradictory ways of media, just like the contradictory ways of reality. She then goes on to say how this contradiction allows for change within the whole of society, and how this change can be due people realising and resiting their oppression and exploitation.

She follows on to say how this contradictory nature of media is due to the modern media culture. How modern media pieces infuse all types and products of culture. These are categorized in to many factors;

• systems of ownership
• proccess of cultural production
• level of sruggle
• state of consciousness

All these things are put togeteher to create cultural depictions of society at one given time. Also how social actors in new forms of media mediate and navigate these contradictory forces of history, the material world and culture is the key to the problem of mediation in Marxist theory.