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Unit 1 Representation Media Terminologies and Keywords
Unit 1 Representation Media Terminologies and Keywords
Keyword Definition
absence
anchorage
archetypes
assumed identity of the
audience
audience positioning
(Mulvey)
camera angle
camera movement
categorisation
colour
composition
connotation
cultural codes
decoding
denotation
devices
dominant
encoding
establishing shot
exhibitionism
framing
generic codes
genre
hierarchy
homogeny
hybrids
Hypodermic Needle Theory
ideology
intertextuality
lighting
mediation
media construction (Dyer)
negotiated reading
oppositional reading
platforms
polysemy
preferred reading
presence
Re-presenting (Hall)
scopophilia
sectors
selection of media
semiotics
spectator
stereotyping (Dyer)
subgenre
technical codes
The Male Gaze (Mulvey)
Uses and Gratification
(Blumer & Katz)
aberrant reading
open text
closed text
signified
signifier
sign
construction
visual effects
voyerism