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Name Stuart Hall’s Theory and what it involves.

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Reception Theory - States that a media text is encoded with different values and messages by the producer and decoded by the audience/viewer.

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What are the different ways a text can be decoded, stated by the Reception Theory?

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Dominant Reading, Oppositional Reading and Negotiated Reading.

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What is meant by a “Dominant Reading”?

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When the viewer agrees with everything in a media text. This is considered a successful reading.

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What is meant by a “Oppositional Reading”?

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When the viewer disagrees with everything in a media text. This is considered an unsuccessful reading.

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What is meant by a “Preferred Reading”?

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When the viewer agrees with parts of the media text, but creates their own views on the rest. This is still considered a successful reading.

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What is Abraham Maslow famous for?

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The Hierarchy of Needs.

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How many levels are there in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and what are they?

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  1. Physiological, Safety, Belonging, Esteem and Self-Actualisation.
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From bottoms to top, what is the order of needs in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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Physiological, Safety, Belonging, Esteem and Self-Actualisation.

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What is “Physiological Needs” about? What layer of the Hierarchy of Needs is it?

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About acquiring the essentials to live, such as Food, Water, Sleep, Breathing, Homeostasis etc.
This is layer 5 (Bottom).

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What is “Safety Needs” about? What layer of the Hierarchy of Needs is it?

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About ensuring safety in yourself and others. This can be safety in the Body/Health, Family, Employment, Property, Resources etc.
This is layer 4 (Second from Bottom).

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What is “Belonging Needs” about? What layer of the Hierarchy of Needs is it?

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About friendship and love to you and others.

This is layer 3 (Middle).

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What is “Esteem Needs” about? What layer of the Hierarchy of Needs is it?

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About gaining confidence through Achievement, Respect, Self Esteem etc.
This is layer 2 (Second from Top).

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What is “Self-Actualisation Needs” about? What layer of the Hierarchy of Needs is it?

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About being intellectual. This is the in the form of Morality, Creativity, Problem Solving, Lack of Prejudice etc.
This is layer 1 (Top).

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What is Tzvetan Todorov famous for?

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Theory on Plot Structure.

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What is Todorov’s Theory about?

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That every text follows the same plot of Equilibrium, Dis-Equilibrium, New-Equilibrium.

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When did First-Wave Feminism occur?

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19-20th Century.

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What was the objective of First-Wave Feminism?

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Spreading awareness of Legal Issues with Women’s rights and gaining equality for Women.

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What is Vladimir Propp famous for?

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Theory on Character Archetypes.

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What is Propp’s Theory about?

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That every text has the same character archetypes to drive the plot.

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What Archetypes are there in Propp’s Theory?

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Hero, Villian, Princess (and Father), Dispatcher, False Hero, Donor and Helper.

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What is Roland Barthes famous for?

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Codes in Narratives.

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What is Enigma Codes about?

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When the producer of the text controls how much they want the audience to know about the text at any given time. Used to create mystery in the narrative.

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What is Action Codes about?

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Where events or actions in the story develop the narrative of the text.

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What is Blumler and Katz famous for?

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Uses and Gratifications Theory.

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What is the Uses and Gratifications Theory about?

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That a media consumer choose how they consumer the media they see.

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What are the 4 Basic Needs of a user? (Uses and Gratifications)

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Diversion, Personal Relationships, Personal Identity and Surveillance.

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What is “Diversion” about?

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The need to escape from everyday life in order to relax.

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What is “Personal Relationships” about?

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That people use the media in order to form relationships with others and be part of a social group.

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What is “Personal Identity” about?

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That media texts can be used to find out about ourselves by seeing parts of us reflected in others presented in the media.

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What is “Surveillance” about?

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That the media is used to find out about what is going on around us.

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What is Tessa Perkins famous for?

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Stereotypes Theory.

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What does the Stereotype Theory state?

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That Stereotypes aren’t always: negative; about the less powerful; can be about own social groups; false; can change over time.

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What different types of sound are there? Try and name 5 or more.

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(Non) Diegetic, Dialogue, Voiceover, Incidental, Ambient, Themes, Stings, Soundtrack, Parallel, Contrapuntal, (Non-)Synchronous.

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What is (Non) Diegetic sound?

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Sound that (does not) exist(s) within the text. (This could be voiceovers or music player over the scene.)

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What is (Non-)Synchronous sound?

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Sound that matches with the actions taking place in the scene. (Sound that occurs but the source of the sound cannot be seen within the scene.)

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What is Contrapuntal sound?

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Sound that contrasts the scene. Happy music over a violent scene.

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What is Parallel sound?

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Sound that complements the scene. Angry music over a violent scene.

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What is Ambient sound?

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The normal sounds that would go on around the focus of the scene.

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When did Second-Wave Feminism occur>

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Began in the early 1960’s.

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What was Second-Wave Feminism about?

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Debates about sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights and official legal inequalities. Drew attention to marital rape and domestic violence.

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When did Third-Wave Feminism occur?

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Began in the early 1990’s and is still going on.

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What is Third-Wave Feminism about?

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Making the female gender diverse. Abolishing gender role, expectations and stereotypes.

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What is Judith Butler famous for?

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Queer Theory.

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What is the Queer Theory about?

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It says that gender is fluid and shifts and changes in different contexts and different times. This means that a male isn’t strictly male and can present their identity as female.

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What is Galtung and Ruge famous for?

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News Values Theory.

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What is meant by “Negativity”? (News Values)

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Bad news is always more highly rated than Good news.

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What is meant by “Proximity”? (News Values)

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News is rated higher in different countries depending on how close to that country it is and whether it involves that country.

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What is meant by “Recency”? (News Values)

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Breaking News is highly rated.

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What is meant by “Continuation”? (News Values)

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News is higher rated if it is likely to have a continuing impact on the reader.

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What is meant by “Elite”? (News Values)

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News is higher rated if it is about a powerful person or country.

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What is meant by “Unexpected”? (News Values)

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News is higher rated if it was unexpected by the reader.

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What is meant by “Size”? (News Values)

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News is higher rated if the impact of the story is large.

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