Media Theorists and what they did

Question 1

Nick Lacey

Answer 1

GENRE | Repetition and difference

Question 2

Steve Neale

Answer 2

GENRE | Répertoire of Elements, iconography,

Question 3

Christian Metz

Answer 3

GENRE | Genre Evolution, stages of a genre

Question 4

Rick Altman

Answer 4

GENRE | Audience Pleasures, what the audience feels whilst consuming a media product

Question 5

Levi Strauss

Answer 5

NARRATIVE | Binary Opposition

Question 6

Todorov

Answer 6

NARRATIVE | Todorov’s theory: 5 stages that a character will go through; those are Equilibrium, Disruption, Repair the Damage and Equilibrium Again.

Question 7

Barthes

Answer 7

NARRATIVE | Enigma and Action Codes

Question 8

Stuart Hall

Answer 8

REPRESENTATION | Creating meaning

Question 9

Bell Hooks

Answer 9

REPRESENTATION | Need stereotypes in media

Question 10

Judith Butler

Answer 10

REPRESENTATION |Gender is a performance

Question 11

Richard Dyer

Answer 11

REPRESENTATION | Gay Connotation

Question 12

Tessa Perkins

Answer 12

REPRESENTATION | More to Stereotypes

Question 13

David Gauntlet

Answer 13

REPRESENTATION | Pick n’ mix theory

Question 14

Stuart Hall (2)

Answer 14

AUDIENCE | Dominant reading

Question 15

Gulian Dyer

Answer 15

AUDIENCE | Appeals

Question 16

Dennis McQuail

Answer 16

AUDIENCE | Why people consume media