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Semiotics - Roland Barthes
In semiotics, denotation and connotation are terms describing the relationship between the signifier and its signified, and an analytic distinction is made between two types of signifieds: a denotative signified and a connotative signified. Meaning includes both denotation and connotation. Basically Semiotics = finding deeper meanings Structuralism - Claude Levi-Strauss How texts are constructed through the use of binary oppositions Van Zoonen - Gender Gender is constructed through discourse (spoken or written communication), and that its meaning varies according to cultural and historical context Hall - Representation Representation is the production of meaning through the signs in a text. Representation, reduces people to a few simple characteristics or traits |
Narratology (Narrative theory) - Tzvetan Todorov
Most plot lines follow the same 5 step pattern: Equilibrium - Everything is okay Disruption - Somthing happens Realisation - People realise that somthings happened Restored order - The charecters attempt to solve the problem Equilibrium - Everything goes back to being okay Gauntlett - Identities The media provide us with ‘tools’ or resources that we use to construct our identities Hooks - Discrimination Hooks considered that race and class as well as sex determine the extent to which individuals are exploited, discriminated against or oppressed. Gilroy - Colonial power Media texts reinforce colonial power. |
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