Action and Enigma Codes in Narratives
Feature-length films and 30-second advertisements are mainly driven by two narrative codes. This brief guide will take you through both.| Media Studies
Feature-length films and 30-second advertisements are mainly driven by two narrative codes. This brief guide will take you through both.| Media Studies
Explore how gender is determined by society and our performance of those roles with our guide to Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble".| Media Studies
Explore Sergei Eisenstein's approach to montages and how the collision of shots create meanings with our introduction of his key concepts.| Media Studies
The Uses and Gratifications Theory attempts to explain why we deliberately choose to engage with certain texts and the gratifications they provide.| Media Studies
Easy to understand definition and examples of key intertextuality concepts: homage, parody, satire, pastiche, and Easter eggs.| Media Studies
Find out more about the important structuralist theory of binary opposition with our definition and examples from the media.| Media Studies
Introduction to Stuart Hall's reception theory, including definitions and examples of encoding/decoding and framework of knowledge.| Media Studies
Learn more about Roland Barthes's five narrative codes: hermeneutic, proairetic, semantic, symbolic and cultural codes.| Media Studies
