Media Theories 2 4.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? Media StudiesTheoriesA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: CJ6372Created on: 24-02-19 19:25 398625417 Across 1. 4 Cs - Aspirer, succeeder, explorer, reformer, mainstream, struggler, resigned (5, 3, 7) 6. Identity theory – Modern media helps us to pick and mix how to construct our identity. Media tells us what we should be/look like. (9) 7. Feminist theory – Race, class and gender determine the extent to which individuals are exploited, discriminated or oppressed. (4, 5) 9. Gender Performativity – Gender is a social construct. Masculine/feminine is created through representations. Behaviours can create impressions of gender. (6, 6) Down 2. Structuralism – There are always binary opposites which have ideological importance (good vs evil) (4, 7) 3. Ethnicity and postcolonialism – Race and ethnicity are still affected by colonies eventhough we no longer have them. (4, 6) 4. Narratology – Equilibrium, disruption, acknowledgement, resolution, new equilibrium. (7) 5. Representation – Stereotyping happens when there is a difference in power. Media language is used to create representations. Media language is used to create representations. (6, 4) 8. Genre theory – Genres are now overlapping. We expect to see certain things but now there can be variation and change. Genre helps to market texts. (5, 5)
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