“The Extremist Within: Why Ideologies Radicalize”
Ideology is defined as a collection of doctrines or systematic body of concepts shared by a specific group or segment of a population. A special form of social cognition that forms the basis of social representation and practices of the group from which they are shared. The usual approach to the study of ideology and how they form is based on the effects of language configuration and meanings, and how discursive structures may in turn contribute to the formation and growth of set ideology. However, ideologies are also at play when language users engage in the ongoing construction of context as something subjective, meaning nothing has a definite interpretation and everything can be interpreted. …show more content…
Fundamental schema present in forms that arranges group thought and group life. For example the abolition of slavery resulted from the common need of a group that was oppressed. Sentiment of similar circumstances often propels action in forms of ideologies. This suggests that somewhere in the depiction of ideology, we find basic classifications that represent the argument of opposition between them and us. There has to be a common enemy for forces to unite against, this common enemy forms the core of the ideology shared and helps disseminate the ideas in a way that sets deeper …show more content…
Its source, meaning and application varies from individual to individual and its not define by a single ideology. One of the reasons radicalization represent such an issue today is because of the easy access to information, the developments in mass media and modern electronic technology have served as an easy medium for radicalization to occur. For example, the Internet provides a powerful and accessible tool for radical ideologies to be shared and reinforced amongst large audiences, making access the key ingredient that forms the environment for that idea to sink and fester. Clearly the presence of such conditions do not entail that every individual with access to the Internet will become radicalized, but the its presence allows for swift movements of people and ideas with no mean to disseminate which ideologies have validity. We live in the world of everyman many ideas and there is no real authority of regulation for such
Ideology is defined as a collection of doctrines or systematic body of concepts shared by a specific group or segment of a population. A special form of social cognition that forms the basis of social representation and practices of the group from which they are shared. The usual approach to the study of ideology and how they form is based on the effects of language configuration and meanings, and how discursive structures may in turn contribute to the formation and growth of set ideology. However, ideologies are also at play when language users engage in the ongoing construction of context as something subjective, meaning nothing has a definite interpretation and everything can be interpreted. …show more content…
Fundamental schema present in forms that arranges group thought and group life. For example the abolition of slavery resulted from the common need of a group that was oppressed. Sentiment of similar circumstances often propels action in forms of ideologies. This suggests that somewhere in the depiction of ideology, we find basic classifications that represent the argument of opposition between them and us. There has to be a common enemy for forces to unite against, this common enemy forms the core of the ideology shared and helps disseminate the ideas in a way that sets deeper …show more content…
Its source, meaning and application varies from individual to individual and its not define by a single ideology. One of the reasons radicalization represent such an issue today is because of the easy access to information, the developments in mass media and modern electronic technology have served as an easy medium for radicalization to occur. For example, the Internet provides a powerful and accessible tool for radical ideologies to be shared and reinforced amongst large audiences, making access the key ingredient that forms the environment for that idea to sink and fester. Clearly the presence of such conditions do not entail that every individual with access to the Internet will become radicalized, but the its presence allows for swift movements of people and ideas with no mean to disseminate which ideologies have validity. We live in the world of everyman many ideas and there is no real authority of regulation for such