Week 5 Flashcards
Q-Score
1964, measure of how familiar audiences are with the celebrity and how much they like the celebrity.
Stuart Hall said that media representation not only reflect cultural meanings but also
produce them.
Media representations produce and circulate
meanings about the world.
Media representations are connected to
social power, who can produce representations?
Media representations are NOT about
truth or accuracy.
Images create and communicate meaning. Meaning is a system of signs.
Signification
Meanings are never ___, they are _____ specific and change over time.
Meanings are never fixed, they are culturally specific and change over time.
Symbolic power
A type of cultural soft power that regulates and maintains power relations.