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Clay Shirky - End of Audience theory
- the idea that internet and digital technologies have had a profound effect on the relations between media and individuals - the idea...
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Overview of representation theorists
Theories of Representation – Stuart Hall The idea that representation is the production of meaning through language, with language...
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Semiotics
Definition: the study of signs Denotation Definition: what we see when we look at an image (what it is) Connotation Definition: what we...
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Nov 10, 20221 min read


Albert Bandura's 'Media Effects' Theory
Albert Bandura is a famous psychologist who created the theory called the 'Media Effects' What is the 'Media Effects' theory? this theory...
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George Gerbner's 'Cultivation' Theory
George Gerbner is a professor of communications who founded the Cultivation theory in the 1960s, as a part of the Cultural Indicators...
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Stuart Hall
Polysemia theory - multiple meanings/readings of text - audiences can have different reactions to a media text Preferred reading - how...
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