Media Terminology Flashcards
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Scopophilia
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A voyeuristic gaze directed at other people sexually (encourage by cinema)
2
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Narcissistic voyeurism
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Seeing oneself as the primary character and identifying with them
3
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Syntagm
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The idea of a paradigm i.e the businessman.
4
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Paradigm
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The context of a syntagm (i.e the adjective/verb) with the ability to change the meaning of a sentence.
5
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Resonance
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Where an aspect of someone’s own life appears to be the same as what they see on TV.
6
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Mainstreaming
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Where people’s ideas are shaped by TV and not real world experiences.
7
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Diegesis
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Telling a story through narration.
8
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Mimesis
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Telling a story by showing via representations.
9
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Narrative codes
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Media language used to tell the story.
