Media Terminology

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Media Language
Specific words and phrases used in Media
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Institution
Who creates the media eg. BBC, Disney etc.
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Genre
The theme of a text eg. romance, thriller etc.
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Representation
How something/someone is shown due to a stereotype
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Audience
Who reads/watches a certain text/video
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Ideology
Things that we are told and forced to believe; manipulation
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Narrative
Telling the story/the structure of a storyline
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Mise-en-scene
Anything placed into the scene on purpose eg. facial expressions, clothing etc.
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Generic Conventions
Certain codes that TV/films follow eg. in romance films, there's always a happy ending
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Hybrid
Two genres mixed together
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Iconography
OBJECTS that are related to the specific genre eg. knife and horror
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Setting
The place in which the text is set
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Character
Person who is in the text/story
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Target
Specifics aimed at eg.age, race, gender etc.
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Demographics
What those people enjoy eg. football, alcohol, global brand etc.
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Appeal
What is targeted and how we feel about it
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Response
-Entertainment -Social Interaction -Personal Identity -Inform
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Mode of Address
The way the text/image speaks to you eg. visual, written, verbal etc.
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Binary Opposition
The contrast between two concepts or things that create conflict and narrative
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Objectification
To show someone in an overly sexual manner
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Anchorage
Where words link to the suggestion in the image
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USP
Unique Selling Point
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FGM
Female Genital Mutilation
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Industry
The economy of the film
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Grossing
Total Money in the box office
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Revenue
Money
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Blanket Marketing
Across all formats
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Viral Marketing
All over the internet
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Intertextuality
When a media text/form is influenced by, or make reference to, another text
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Homage
When somebody references someone out of affection or respect
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Convergence
Where social media is referenced on the site eg. YouTube, Twitter, FaceBook etc.
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Synergy
How all content relates to the same demographics
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Production Values
Amount of money spent producing a text eg. high or low etc.
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Conglomerate
Group of companies that work together
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Brand Identity
Establishing a unique brand which is distinguishable to the audience
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Written Codes
Language in text
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Cross-Media Synergy
How things are accessed on different platforms eg. Social Media, YouTube etc.
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Social Cohesion
Grouped together as women
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Dominant Ideology
The attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society
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Tabloid
Sensational news, lower class, entertainment based
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Broadsheet
Large paper, with serious news and is more respectable
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Middle-Market
cover serious news, but with elements of entertainment
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Subscription
When an audience pays the industry for weekly/monthly content
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Advertising
Promotion of a product
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Dual Revenue Stream
2 ways of funding/creating a revenue
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Bias
Show one side or the other
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Media Conglomerate
Describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media, such as TV, radio publishing, movies and the internet eg. Disney, Sony, Newscorp etc.
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Who creates the media eg. BBC, Disney etc.

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Institution

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The theme of a text eg. romance, thriller etc.

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How something/someone is shown due to a stereotype

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Who reads/watches a certain text/video

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