TV Structure (Discussion)
From Screenpedia
Definitions
- Flow
- Who originally articulated it? What does it mean when applied to TV?
- Polysemy
- "poly-semy" = "many meanings"
- Sort of rhymes with "polygamy"
- Schitt's Creek: fish-out-of-water trope. Similar shows?
- How are rich people represented? What values attached to them? How are small-town people represented?
- We can see polysemy in action in Schitt's Creek and The Andy Griffith Show. What are some specific examples of polysemy from your own television viewing?
- What does "structured polysemy" mean?
- Discourse
- How does theorist John Fiske use the term?
- What is an example of this, from your own television viewing?
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture (New York: Routledge, 2018).