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Language Theories Flashcards

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What are the main features of Barthes Semiotic theory?

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• Denotation & Connotation
• Text and image
• Media as a myth

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What is a denotation?

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The literal or physical content of media

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What is a connotation?

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What the media product could mean (deeper meaning)

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What is Text & Image?

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The positioning of textual components by each element

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What is mise en scene?

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The significance of props, settings and constuming

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What is compostion?

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How the shot type is used to create meaning

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What is anchorage?

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How elements construct meaning by the use of set texts

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What are enigma codes?

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• They construct moments of mystery to intrigue readers or viewers

• Hook readers/viewers for further reading/viewing to gain answers

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What are semantic codes?

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They refer to an element that produces connotative effects

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What are examples of semantic codes?

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• Lighting
• Mise en scene
• Compostional effects
• Typography

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What are symbolic codes?

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A repeated symbol that conveys a deeper meaning

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What are cultural codes?

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The inclusion of material that generates meaning from outside the product

• Can be historical or scientifical

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What does it mean by media as a myth?

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Media has replaced the functions of traditional myth making

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What is Naturalisation?

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The process of making ideas or viewpoints feel like common sense rather than perspective

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How are media myths reductive?

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They reduce or purify ideas so they turn into easily digestible information

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Overall what do media myths reinforce?

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A social power structure

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What is the main argument of the Levi Strauss Structuralism theory?

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Binary opposites, how they create meaning/narrarive

18
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What are binary opposites?

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The use of paired elements within a narrative to provide contrasts

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What are character oppositions?

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The construction of characters that are juxtaposed, an example is heroes vs villains

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What are genre based oppositions?

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Paired elements that are usually found in specific genres, they’re an expectation of the genre

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What are stylistic oppositions?

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The use of contrasting design elements that reinforce narrative themes of a text

22
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What is structuralism?

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Suggests human behaviour is directed by a universal set of rules

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What is the main point of Todorov’s Narrative theory?

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Stories share similar features and these features can help us comprehend the hidden meanings

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What is Todorov’s ideal narrative?

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• Equilibrium
• Disruption
• Recognition
• Repair
• New equilibrium

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What is the main point of Neale’s Genre theory?

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Argues that genre driven products (films) create appeal through repetition

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What are some examples for repetition in genres?

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• Levels of references to the real world
• Narrative similarities
• Mise en scene expectations
• Character motives
• Audience targeting

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What does it mean by levels of references to the real world?? (versimilitude)

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• The degree in which the product refrences the real world is a big indicator to what genre it is

• If there’s limited references, it’s likely the genre is fantastical (fantasy, sci-fi)

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What does it mean by audience needs?

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Their enjoyment from recognising specific genre tropes

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What does it mean by contextual influences?

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Producers adapt genre driven content as result of historical, political or social influences

30
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What is genre hybridity?

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The deliberate inclusion or intertwining of conventions (tropes) across genres

31
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What is Baudrillard’s process of similacra?

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• Early Modernity
• Modernity
• Post Modern

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What are the main points of Early Modernity?

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• Starts between the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution

• Dominated by the voice of religion

• Produces authenticity & a collective set of truths about reality

33
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What are the main points of Modernity?

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• Between Industrial revolution to the 2 World War

• Religious certainties give way to early mass media

• Authenticity and collective truths begin to give way

34
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What are the main points of Post Modern?

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• Mass media dominates culture

• Age of “Hyperreality”

• Meaning and instructions are temporary

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What is Hyperreality?

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• Can’t separate the real world from the world created by media

• Cultural products no longer reference significations religion once provided

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What is Inertia?

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• We’ve become desensitised to things we see in media

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