Which statement best identifies the promotion of false consciousness in popular media? A magazine article about heart disease in women that emphasizes the role of:

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Which statement best identifies the promotion of false consciousness in popular media?  A magazine article about heart disease in women that emphasizes the role of:

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11ecba2d_0da9_d025_a3bf_c392457befe4_MD0008_00 Social stratification is a system of inequality in which individuals are hierarchically ranked into social classes, with different access to resources and opportunities. Class consciousness involves the recognition of class structure and an identification with one's own social class such that individuals understand that people from other classes have needs and interests different from their own. Marx asserted that individuals in the upper class, to further their own interests, attempt to sway the thinking of those in the lower classes. False consciousness results when individuals from lower classes adopt the misleading views of the upper class and accept the status quo (ie, injustice, exploitation). Individuals from the lower classes who do not have class consciousness may blame themselves for undesirable health outcomes or be more likely to agree with media that stress individual responsibility above all other factors. Consequently, adopting false consciousness results in leaving systematic health care inequalities (eg, unequal access or quality) unchallenged. An article that emphasizes the role of individual choices in the development of heart disease, while overlooking the role of systemic inequality in health care access, promotes false consciousness. (Choice A) The biomedical approach (not false consciousness) would emphasize the role of physiological causes in the development of heart disease (eg, genetics) while ignoring nonbiological influences (eg, social factors). (Choice B) An article that emphasizes the role of global inequalities in health disparities better reflects class consciousness (ie, recognition of class structure and class differences), not false consciousness. (Choice D) An article that emphasizes the role of social class inequalities in the uneven distribution of disease among the wealthy and poor better reflects class consciousness, not false consciousness. Educational objective: Class consciousness is the recognition of class structure and identification with one's own social status. False consciousness refers to individuals from lower classes adopting misleading messages from the upper class.

Which Statement Best Identifies the Promotion of False Consciousness in Popular