Political ideologies and dystopian fiction: a methodological proposal to conduct a systematic study

Abstract

The study of ideology in television series is a field that mainly uses qualitative research techniques such as discourse analysis. The main objective of this study is to fill the gap in methodology by designing a quantitative data collection tool that will allow authors to carry out systematic studies on the presence of political ideologies on films and television series. To this end, we have designed a content analysis for the study of political ideologies from the viewpoint of communication by developing an analysis framework that includes, among other items, the various ideologemes that comprise the ideological spectrum. To ensure the validity and reliability of the data collection technique in order for it to be replicated in subsequent research, the template has been evaluated by experts and subjected to an intercoder test. Specifically, the analysis sheet is focused on one of the preeminent ideological genres, the dystopia, and has been tested with the tv-show The Purge. However, we would like to point out the possibility of extrapolating the analysis framework to other genres as well.