Media Theories & Issues and Debates

A quiz designed to test your knowledge of the theories & Issues and Debates that are relevant for the A2 paper.

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  • Created by: zoejep
  • Created on: 20-05-14 15:05

1. Structuralism: 'When a series of actions allow the audience to follow the details of the plot, allowing them to become absorbed in the narrative'. This is...

  • Symbolic Codes
  • Action codes
  • Enigmatic codes
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2. Post-structuralism...

  • an Issue and Debate concerning how ethnicities are represented
  • is a perspective; recognise how a product may be interpreted differently
  • a theory; suggests that a products interpretation change according to the codes present

3. Dyer also had a theory in which of these topics?

  • Feminism
  • Celebrities
  • Moral Panics

4. Liberal Pluralism...

  • suggests the idea that media products are subject to the wishes of the audience
  • suggests the idea that the media manipulates the audience to prevent rebellion
  • Suggests the idea that government contrainsts and concerns don't limit the inclusiveness of the media

5. Structuralism: 'this involves identifying the product's major structuring themes, they are often expressed as binary opposites'. This is...

  • Action codes
  • Symbolic codes
  • Enigmatic codes

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