1. Categories: how texts are classified which include:
\nMedium – television
\nPurpose \u2013 persuade, entertain, make a profit
\nForm \u2013 drama, light entertainment, series
\nGenre \u2013 soap opera, talent show, constructed reality.<\/p>\n
2. Language: how the media creates meanings through the use of conventions. There are two main kinds:
\ntechnical (eg: camera angle, editing, lighting, sound)
\ncultural\/symbolic (eg: dress, gesture, accent).<\/p>\n
3. Narrative. Conventions of a soap involves the plot line detail of characters, setting and action as well as Structure \u2013 the organisation of the sequence (normality\/disruption\/new normality; single or multiple storylines; happy endings; cliffhangers) <\/p>\n
4. Representation: how media texts represent places, people, events or ideas. Stereotypes\/non-stereotypes.<\/p>\n
5. Audiences: how the audiences are identified and addressed (target audience (specify), different audience reaction).<\/p>\n
6. Institutions: how the production of the media output is organised and financed (type of production company, effects of finance).<\/p>\n
7. Technology: how media products are created and distributed to the audience. Technological issues are not dealt with as separate but described when appropriate.<\/p>\n
What kind of text is it? (Categories)
\nWhat does the text mean and how do I know this? (Language)
\nWhat story does the text tell? (Narrative)
\nWho is the text aimed at and what do they think of it? (Audiences)
\nHow does the text present its subject? (Representations)
\nWho made the text and why? (Institutions)
\nHow was it made and distributed? (Technologies)<\/p>\n
Who is making this text and why? (Institutions)
\nWho is the text aimed at and how should they react? (Audiences)
\nWhat kind of text are they making? (Categories)
\nWhat is the subject and how do they present it? (Representations)
\nWhat story should it tell and how do they tell it? (Narrative)
\nWhat should it mean and how do they convey these meanings? (Languages)
\nHow do they make and distribute it? (Technologies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. Categories: how texts are classified which include: Medium – television Purpose \u2013 persuade, entertain, make a profit Form \u2013 drama, light entertainment, series Genre \u2013 soap opera, talent show, constructed reality. 2. Language: how the media creates meanings through the use of conventions. There are two main kinds: technical (eg: camera angle, editing, lighting, … <\/p>\n