A Study On The Ideology Of American Box Office Movies

American box office movies as a kind of cultural products contain a large number ofinformation that reflects the mainstream ideology. When teenagers watching American boxoffice movies, they are inevitably under the influence of political conceptions, moral valuesand outlook on life that the American box office movies’ ideology advocate. This article triedto research the ideology of some American box office movies from January2012to June2013through the perspective of ideology, used the basic principle of Marxism to analyze the valuesthat American box office movies’ ideology advocate in a dialectical and historical way,analyzed the dual effects of American values on teenagers from the perspective of socialistconstruction and put forward several relevant coping strategy. Patriotism, the supremacy oflaw, personal dignity and integrity, equality and independence, cooperative spirit of group,advocating science and technology, fighting spirit, optimism, attaching great importance tothe family, treasuring one’s life are the main aspects of American box office movies’ ideology.Extreme democracy and absolute freedom, military hegemony, narrow nationalism, moneyworship, revanchism, violence, sexual liberation, hedonism, weak of responsibility in loveand marriage and utilitarianism of career choice are the main negative aspects of Americanbox office movies’ ideology. To tackle with the negative influence of American box officemovies’ ideology, government, media, school, family and individuals should consciouslyconduct teenagers maintain the right attitude towards American movie’s ideology, let them setup the right world outlook, right outlook on life and right values.