Difference between pages "Cultural Studies, Ethnography (Discussion)" and "TV Structure (Discussion)"

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==Basic principles==
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==Definitions==
#'''Group 4:''' Explain the original concept of '''ideology''' and how Marx connected it to social classes.
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#Flow
#'''Group 1:''' Explain Antonio Gramsci's (pronounced "GRAM-chee") concept of '''hegemony'''. Provide an example of hegemony in action.
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#*Who originally articulated it? What does it mean when applied to TV?
#'''Group 2:''' Explain what the '''television apparatus''' is and Stuart Hall's theory of media '''encoding'''.
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#Polysemy
#'''Group 3:''' Explain Stuart Hall's theory of media '''decoding'''.
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#*"poly-semy" = "many meanings"
#'''All Groups:''' Explain John Fiske's idea of '''discourse'''. Using ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' episode we viewed for specifics: How would you describe the "hillbilly" discourse and how it conflicts with the "Beverly Hills" discourse?
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#*We saw polysemy in action in our discussion of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. What are some specific examples of polysemy from your own television viewing?
 
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#*What does "structured polysemy" mean?
==Decoding (or reading) a text==
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#Discourse
 
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#*How does theorist John Fiske use the term?
'''Group 4 '''
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#*What is an example of this, from your own television viewing?
 
 
#Perform a ''dominant-hegemonic'' decoding of ''My So-Called Life''. What would be the result of your reading in terms of representations of gender and sexuality, ethnicity, and youth (vs. middle age)?
 
#How could your reading be restated using Morley's notion of discourses encountering one another?
 
 
 
'''Group 2'''
 
 
 
#Perform a ''oppositional'' decoding of ''My So-Called Life''. What would be the result of your reading in terms of representations of gender and sexuality, ethnicity, and youth (vs. middle age)?
 
#How could your reading be restated using Morley's notion of discourses encountering one another?
 
 
 
'''Group 1'''
 
 
 
#Perform a ''negotiated'' decoding of ''My So-Called Life''. What would be the result of your reading in terms of representations of gender and sexuality, ethnicity, and youth (vs. middle age)?
 
#How could your reading be restated using Morley's notion of discourses encountering one another?
 
 
 
'''Group 3'''
 
 
 
#What do you feel is the ''preferred reading'' of this episode? What is the preferred reading in terms of representations of gender and sexuality, ethnicity, and youth (vs. middle age)? ("Hall and others often presume that the preferred reading encoded on the text by the television apparatus will be from the dominant position," but in this case it probably is not.)
 
 
 
==John Caldwell and production studies==
 
To understand how the society and culture of the television industry, Caldwell looks both at "texts" associated with the industry and at the interaction of actual television-producing humans. Explain what he means by each of the following "critical industrial practices" and provide at least two examples of such practices and the meanings associated with them:
 
 
 
*'''All groups:''' Define '''production culture'''. How is what Caldwell is advocating different from earlier television ethnographers like the CCCS group.
 
*'''Group 4:''' Deep texts
 
*'''Group 1:''' Emic interpretations
 
*'''Group 2:''' Critical industrial geographies
 
*'''Group 3:''' Liminal industrial rituals
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture'' (New York: Routledge, 2018).
# Robert C. Allen, ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).
 
 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter13/ Chapter 13 illustrations]
 
  
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Revision as of 21:31, 14 August 2019

Definitions

  1. Flow
    • Who originally articulated it? What does it mean when applied to TV?
  2. Polysemy
    • "poly-semy" = "many meanings"
    • We saw polysemy in action in our discussion of The Andy Griffith Show. What are some specific examples of polysemy from your own television viewing?
    • What does "structured polysemy" mean?
  3. Discourse
    • How does theorist John Fiske use the term?
    • What is an example of this, from your own television viewing?

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture (New York: Routledge, 2018).