Theories Flashcards
Neale - Genre Theory with example
Genre’s are based on the notion they constitute (themes or settings) horror = death, ghosts, bats etc…
Give the 5 stages of Todorov’s narrative theory
1) Equilibrium 2) A disruption 3) Realisation 4) Restored order 5) Equilibrium, normality
What does Buter say gender is today?
Fluid and flexible
How does Mulvey (male gaze) describe women in the media?
A passive gender (to be looked at) while males are active (doing the looking)
What does Scopophilia mean?
Looking from a heightened sexual perspective
How does Katz describe the new man? Name 3
Rejects sexist altitudes
In touch with their feminine side
Not afraid to be sensitive
More domestic roles
What quote does Wolf use to describe women’s bodies?
“project of constant self-improvement”
Radner says ____ action heroines have adopted many tough characteristics associated with ___ (fill gaps)
female and men
Zoonen says gender is constructed through _____ and the display of women’s bodies is a core element of ______ society (gill gaps)
discourse and western
What two elements does Zoonen say are used to make the male body seem spectacular to the female body?
Visual and narrative codes
What’s Cont’s theory? And give one meaning of it?
The Psychofemme stereotype and weapons are used to facilitate extreme violence and male gaze camera work is used to create the narrow western stereotype
Hypermasculinity is who’s theory?
Mosher and Sirkin
Give 3 ideas of the hypermasculinity theory
Violence us manly
Danger is exciting
A heartless sexual attitude towards women
Giroux youth theory, says youths are presented as a what?
‘empty category’ - as adults project their own views on what they believe the youth is.
Acland says that as a result of _____/______________ Young people need constant survillence and monitoring called? ________
Media representations and ideology of protection
What’s Gaunlett’s main identity theory?
Audiences can ‘pick and mix’ what they want to see
What do narratives frame according to Gauntlett?
Our experiences due to the mass amount of stuff in our lives.
Bell Hooks says that feminism is a ______ commitment rather than a _____ choice (fill gaps)
Political and lifestyle
What two factors does hooks say to determine the extent to which individuals are exploited
Race and class
What’re Hall’s 3 hypothetical positions?
Dominant position (encoders are understood)
Negotiated (encoders message is adapted)
Oppositional (decoder disagrees with the understood encoders message)
Media institutions _____ while audiences ______ (fill gaps)
encode and decode
Alvarado’s racial theory says what 4 perceptions do people have of ethnic minorities?
Exoctic (‘the other’)
Dangerous (threat)
Humorous (funny)
Pitied (deprived)
Gilroy says stereotyping a ____ us just as harmful as stereotyping a ______
race and gender
When analysing images we should look at…
what’s not there
