Theorists Flashcards
(51 cards)
Andrew Goodwin’s music video analysis book is called:
Dancing in the Distraction Factory.
Andrew Goodwin wrote in Dancing in the Distraction factory (Routledge 1992) analysed the key features of music videos. He found that: (6 points)
- Music videos demonstrate genre and characteristics.
- There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals.
- There is a relationship between music and visuals.
- The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style).
- There is a frequent reference to notion of looking and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body.
- There are often intertextual references.
Andrew Goodwin wrote in Dancing in the Distraction factory (Routledge 1992) analysed the key features of music videos. He found that: (6 points)
- Music videos demonstrate genre and characteristics.
- There is a relationship between lyrics and visuals.
- There is a relationship between music and visuals.
- The demands of the record label will include the need for lots of close ups of the artist and the artist may develop motifs which recur across their work (a visual style).
- There is a frequent reference to notion of looking and particularly voyeuristic treatment of the female body.
- There are often intertextual references.
Who made the reception theory?
Stuart Hall
Who made cultivation theory?
George gerbner
Who came up with ‘’media effects”?
Albert Bandura
Who are some audience theorists?
Stuart hall,
George Gerbner,
Albert Bandura
Who came up with theories of representation?
Stuart hall
Who came up with theories of identity?
David Gauntlett
Who are the theorists of representation?
Stuart hall
David gauntlett
Who are the Power and media industries theorist
Curran and Seaton.
Who were the media industries theorists
Curran and seaton
Which theorists were involved with media language?
Roland Barthes
Tzvetan todorov
Steve neale
Who was the theorist who created semiotics
Roland Barthes
Who was the theorist who created Narratology?
Txvetan Todorov
Who was the theorist to create the genre theory?
Steve Neale
Semiotics is the theory by ________ and it’s the idea that _____
Roland Barthes
The idea that signification can communicate meaning. The idea that signs can function at the level of indicating literal or common sense meanings.
Signs can be seen as self-evident.
Who created narratology and what is it?
Tzvetan Todorov
It is the idea that all narratives (and how stories are created) follow/share a basic structure which involved movement from one state of equilibrium to another. These two states are separated by a period of imbalance or disequilibrium.
The idea that the way which narratives are resolved can have a particular ideological significance.
Who made the genre theory and what is it?
Steve Neale
The idea that genres are repeated but also have difference, variation and change. The idea that genres change, develop and vary as they borrow from and overlap with one another.
Genres exist with specific economic, institutional and industrial contexts.
Who created theory of representation and what is it?
Stuart hall
Stuart Hall’s representation theory says all representations are constructed through a language which is made up of signs and codes that are understood by the audience.
Which newspapers are left and right wing?
RW - Dailymail/ mail on Sunday. The times. Daily telegraph.
LW - guardian, observer, Daily express, the daily mirror
What was the daily express usage over a year. (2020)
-16% over a year
Ferdinand de Saussure believed…
The basic unit of communication is the sign.
Who created theories of identity and what is it?
David gauntlett
David Gauntlett’s theories of identity suggest that identity is not fixed but is shaped by media, kculture, and personal choices. People actively shape their sense of self by engaging with different media and experimenting with different roles.
Gauntlett sees identity as a “project,” meaning it’s constantly evolving.
