- French Anthropologist who emphasised ideological structure in society through Human activity. Often produced through oppositions.
- How binary oppositions are resolved leads to an ideological significance
- -In stranger things there are clear binaries between good and bad as we see the kids fighting against the authority in order to protect 11.
- -In D83 we see the clear division between East Germany and West German as one is more liberal than the other
Van Zoonen- Feminist Theory
- Part time professor of Pop Culture in Rotterdam University as well as a part time professor in media and communication in Loughborough University.. specialising in Gender in New media, politics and pop culture
- Gender is constructed through debates, therefore it's often based on the cultural and historical context.
- Objectifying women's bodies through media
- There's a clear difference between how men are presented in the media compared to women
- -In stranger things the stereotypes of women are subverted when presenting the lead role of 11 to be a power girl with control and force. However conforming to the stereotype when presenting her in a innocent way when she's in danger and needs rescuing
- -In Deautland83 the roles are again subverted when presenting Martin as powerless against his aunt who's portrayed very dominantly. However conforming when objectifying the German daughter encouraging her to perform in front of everyone
Shirky- End of Audience
An American writer who talks about the usefulness of Modern technology, software creation and peer-to-peer engagement which allows the audience to not be the tradition passive audience who take in information and conform to it.
But deny it and create their own meanings. An example of this would be social media trends
-Stranger Things '#JusticeForBarb' who the audience had empathised with due to how she'd been the forgotten faithful friend who eventually died.
Semiotics- visual signifiers (mise en scene) ..Symbolic signifiers provide meaning ..e.g Logos
No comments:
Post a Comment