Theory Recap Flashcards
What theorist is the music video theory and the 8 principles?
Andrew Goodwin
What does Andrew Goodwin talk about? 3 points
Links between lyrics and visuals
Intertextuality
Links between music and visuals
What theorist argues that gender identity is not something we are born with but something expressed?
Butler - Gender performativity
What theorist says that media is controlled by conglomerates driven by profit and power?
Curran & Seaton - Ownership
What theorist talks about fans of franchises?
Henry Jenkins - Fandom
What theorist talks about why people seek out media for specific needs?
Blumler and Katz - Uses & Gratifications
What theories talks about semiotics and codes?
Barthes
What does Barthes actually talk about?
That media products communicate meanings to their audiences by codes and signs
Who is the theorist that talks about narratology?
Todorov
What are the 5 stages of Todorov’s narratology theory?
Equilibrium
Disequilibrium
Recognition
Solution
New equilbrium
Who is the theorist that talks about how genres change and combine with each other?
Steve Neale - genre
What is it called when two genres combine?
Generic hybridity
What theorist talks about the idea of binary oppositions?
Levi-Strauss - structuralism
What theorist talks about how the boundaries between the ‘real’ world and the media world have collapsed?
Baudrillard - postmodernism
What theorist talks about how representations are constructed through media language?
Stuart Hall - representation