Media Studies Theorists

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Saussure
The signifier and the signified
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Barthes
Denotation and connotation, as well as action/enigma codes of narratives
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Todorov
Narratology - narrative arc (equilibrium, dis-equilibrium; new equilibrium)
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Neale
Repetition and difference; predictable pleasure and innovation; borrowing genre ideas
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Levi-Strauss
Binary opposition
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Baudrillard
Postmodernist theory; hyperreality and simulacra
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Hall
'In' and 'out' groups and marginalisation
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Gauntlett
Pic 'n' mix identity; media as a tool to enable value transference, offering diversity
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Van Zoonen
Pejorative stereotypes of women's roles; women = objects, men = spectacle
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Hooks
Media reflects the values of the white male; black women are represented as lower status - intersectionality
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Butler
Gender performing and gender trouble (fluid vs fixed); repeated
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Gilroy
Post-colonial theory; ethnic minorities are dehumanised in the media
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Mulvey
Male gaze/female gaze
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Wolf
The beauty myth - unachievable beauty standards
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Cohen
Moral panics caused by media representations; folk devils
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Bandura
Social learning theory; imitation of behaviour through repeated exposure; Bobo doll experiment
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Hall
Reception theory; preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings
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Gerbner
Cultivation; mean world syndrome
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Jenkins
Fandoms; textual poaching (active audiences); participatory culture
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Shirky
'End of audience'; increased activism and prosumers; Web 2.0
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Fiske
Audience power; audiences interpretations are more important than the media's original messages
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Blumler and Katz
Uses and gratifications - surveillance, personal identity, social relationships, escapism/diversion
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Dyer
Utopian solutions - intensity, transparency, abundance, community, energy
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Katz and Lazarfeld
Two-step flow theory; opinion leaders get info and the pass on their interpretations to their audience
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Curran and Seaton
Oligopoly; the media doesn't take risks; formulaic; originality
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Hesmondhalgh
Vertical (own means of production, distribution and exhibition) and horizontal integration (owning the market of media, i.e. films)
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Althusser
Hegemony and dominant values
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Pierce
Iconic, indexical and symbolic signs
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Propp
Character types and their functions
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Altman
Semantic elements. - micro, mise en scene, character, etc; syntactic elements - macro., themes, messages, etc.
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4 representations of non-whites
Infantalise, dehumanised, essentialise, primitivise
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Public Service Broadcaster Remit
Appeal to a diverse audience (CAGE); represent British culture; Channel 4 - commercial broadcaster; BBC4 - TV license fee
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Scandi-Noir conventions
Frequent images of water; low-key lighting; chiaroscuro; dull thematic palette; lone protagonist; industrial setting
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