postmodernist theory

Question 1

Strinatti

Answer 1

• countries such as the UK are now unrecognisable from 30 years ago
• we have seen such a shift from modern industrial society with manufacturing economies t postmodern and post industrial societies with service economies

Question 2

Baurdrillard - hyper reality

Answer 2

• consumers are immersed in so much media that it becomes difficult to distinguish between real life and the media version of reality

Question 3

‘media is polysemic’

Answer 3

each media message is interpreted in a different way

Question 4

what is Baurdrillard’s view on ownership of the media?

Answer 4

if there are multiple interpretations of media content then the power to disseminate knowledge is not concerned in the hands of a few owners.

Question 5

What is his view on meta narratives?

Answer 5

There is greater diversity of media which makes it easier for audiences to accept or reject meta narratives proposed by the powerful.