Ideology

When I think of ideology, I see several factors that play a role into why we see things the way we do. I believe that we base our ideologies on what we see as right and wrong based on how we're raised and how media and society influence us. Growing up, our parents and even out religious beliefs set core morals and values that we are told to abide by at a young age. Not to smoke, not to drink, and not to have sex, to name a few. Our peers and society also play a role by establishing what we see as acceptable and we often times forget our own morals and values to do what our society of peers view as "cool." Even the media plays a large role into how we view things. The media creates these ideal images our society views as acceptable, whether it's through the models being used or underlying meaning being projected in advertisements. No matter what way you look at it, almost everything has some sort of influence on how we view the world and what we see as "ideal."