ZT Alevel media blog

Paper 1 Q1  define and break down the theory  feminism, intersectionality, oppositional gaze (Bell Hooks) apply theory to Source, breakdown cover and apply apply to second source, either positively or negatively  Repeat Brief conclusion  Q2 Explain Analyse Judgement Q3 Ownership mention and the fact that the Guardian and the Daily Mail require an income for sustainability   Donations/advertisement  Q4 Examples of theory in the news Key points of theory applied and evaluated     Q5 focus on macros   genre conventions and ideologies Q6 Further depth on constructed representations

Media Language Barthes Semiology, study of signs Meaning created through connotations and denotations, creation of myths Todorov Narrative, equilibrium, disruption, recognition, attempt to solve, new equilibrium Neale genre hybridization, combination of tropes from genres repetition of codes/conventions  intertextual relay  Levi Strauss binary opposition, structuralism ideology is shaped on binary opposition and structure, in pairs e.g. day/night good/bad  Baudrillard  Postmodernism, hyperreality, simulation and simulacra individuals construct identity in a culture of simulation more real than the real, e.g Disneyland  Representation Hall representation created through both what is present and absent fix meanings in a preferred way, audiences can attest these  Gauntlet contradictory messages about identity  allow expression and explore identities  media representations offer range of diverse and contradictory messages  Bell Hooks feminism cha...