AS Theory Quiz
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- Q1Which theorist suggests all narratives share a basic structure that involves a movement from one state of equilibrium to another?Todorov30s
- Q2Who suggests that genre is dominated by repetition but is also marked by difference, variation and change?Neale30s
- Q3Who created the concept of binary oppositions?Strauss30s
- Q4Who suggests that media concentration limits creativity and quality; and that more diverse patterns of ownership create more varied textsCurran and Seaton30s
- Q5Whose theory surrounding semiotics suggests that all text communicate meaning through signification?Barthes30s
- Q6What are the three readings of any media product when applying Hall’s reception theory?Preferred, negotiated and oppositional30s
- Q7Which theorists argues that repeated exposure to representations begin to normalise them; we become desensitised to them and start to believe themGerbner30s
- Q8Who says that stereotyping is used to assert power?Hall30s
- Q9Who says that we create our own identities from the representations we see in the media? This person suggests that we pick and mix the values presented in different text allowing us to identify with some texts more than others.Gauntlett45s
- Q10Which theory discusses the ‘effects debate’ and suggests that audiences can be directly affected by violence in media texts.Bandura45s