Media Theories

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  • Created on: 02-06-13 12:22
Uses and Gratifications
Blumler & Katz - "What people do with the media" rather than "What the media does to the audience"
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Media Effects Theory
What the media does to the audience
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Reception Theory
"The meaning of a text is not inherent within the text itself, but is created within the relationship between the text and the reader."
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Reception Theory - 3 ways of reading
Dominant - Reader reads what the text is meant to mean. Negotiated - Half what the text is meant to mean and half opinion. Oppositional - Readers opinion.
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The mannequin
Jean Killbourne - The sex object is a mannequin, whose only attribute is conventional beauty. She is tall and thin, with very long legs, perfect teeth and hair and skin without a blemish in sight."
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Berger
"Men act and women appear. Men look at women and women watch themselves being looked at."
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Dyers Typography
Richard Dyer - Re-represented: Language and conventions. Being represented of: Stereotypes. Who's responsible for this representation: Institutions? What does the audience think is being represented?
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Male Gaze
The camera lingers on women for mens benefit - links to Feminism & The Portrayal of women on TV
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Feminist Theory
Three Waves of Feminism - Male domination (Patriarchy)
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Marxist Theory
The smaller group is more dominant and has a large influence on the mass (Institutions and audience)
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The Portrayal of Women on TV
Helen Ingham - More men shown on TV, and more men working within the institutions - Their view on women is shown
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How social media can make history
Clay Shirky "The phone created 1:1 conversation, Tv and Radio created 1:Many, Internet makes Many:Many
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How social media can make history - Dan Gillmore
"The former audience can now alos be producers and not consumers"
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What the media does to the audience

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Media Effects Theory

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"The meaning of a text is not inherent within the text itself, but is created within the relationship between the text and the reader."

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Dominant - Reader reads what the text is meant to mean. Negotiated - Half what the text is meant to mean and half opinion. Oppositional - Readers opinion.

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Jean Killbourne - The sex object is a mannequin, whose only attribute is conventional beauty. She is tall and thin, with very long legs, perfect teeth and hair and skin without a blemish in sight."

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