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SYNOPTIC modules always come at the end of a
course of study.
They give you an opportunity to show EVERYTHING
youve learned over the two years of study.
In MEDIA, the synoptic exam is MEST 3 critical
perspectives
media producers
distributors +
exhibitors
owners
new media
organisations
broadcasters
REGULATORS
institutions
increasingly,
consumers are
producers, too
media
consumers
viewers &
listeners
mass audience
THE WHALES
niche audiences
FAMILIES
audiences
RACE
gender
class
cities &
countries
EVENTS
young/old
STEREOTYPES
iconography
light, colour,
music
CROPPING
framing
SIGNIFIERS
mise-en-scene
TYPOGRAPHY
editing
representations
media
language
GENRE
related by marriage!
forms + conventions?
historical development?
popular with both
consumers and producerswhy?
tricky to pin down and
define-why?
narrative
we THINK in narrative
EVERYTHING can be said to
have a narrative
even this slide show!
WHY is the narrative
constructed in that way?
difference between story, plot,
and narrative...?
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Stl N ImoTat aE O
Thn aoT SpcAly
Whn CosDeiG
PrsNttN &
IntTuiN
WHAT
do we
CARE
about?
And why?
RISK?
freedom?
WEALTH?
values &
ideology
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There IS a lot to remember, but the really important
point is not to remember by rote but to use
appropriate tools
Each key concept, theory, context, or debate is a
TOOL
Use the tools to explain WHY media texts are the way
they are
HOW did they end up being the way that they are?
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Showing an awareness of CHANGE OVER TIME
is important here, especially when discussing
NEW MEDIA
But REPRESENTATIONS change with the
times, too
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contexts
audiences
representations
media
language
values &
ideology
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audiences
what is shown in
the text and why
is it shown that
way?
representations
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meaning ticular
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cod
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conven s/
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cultur about our
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values &
ideology