Roland Barthes -
Semiotics:
Denotation/Connotation.
Levi-Strauss -
Binary
Opposites.
Useful for
genre.
Stuart Hall -Reception Theory: Audience
Readings: Preferred reading (follows fixed
stereotypes), Negotiated Reading
(audiences accept some of the messages
from the texts), Rejected Reading
(audiences don't agree with the
messages from the texts).
Blumler and Katz - Uses and Gratifications
Theory: audiences want to: be informed
or educated OR identify with characters
of the situation in the media environment
OR simple entertainment OR enhance
social interaction OR escape from the
stresses of daily life.
Laura Mulvey - The
Male Gaze: Women are
objectified/sexualised
for the viewing
pleasure of men.
Useful for
representation.
"The making of the
new and the re
arranging of the old"
(Bentley 1997). Useful for media
conventions, post
production, digital
technology
"A process needed for problem
solving...not a special gift enjoyed
by a few but a common ability
possessed by most people" (Jones
1993). Useful for post production
research and planning
"There is no absolute judgement
[on creativity] All judgements are
comparisons of one thing with
another." (Donald Larning).
Useful for media conventions
Todorov - Equilibrium,
disruption and new
equilibrium. Useful for
Narrative.
Propp - Character Theory: In all
media texts there are certain types
of characters. The Hero, The Villain,
The Princess/Proze, The donor, The
Helper, The False Hero, The Blocker,
The Dispatcher.