Media Glossary
Textual Analysis: The process of decoding a media text.
Mise-en-scene: The most recognisable attributes of a film; the setting and the actors. (includes props, makeup, costumes, scenery etc.)
Media Text: The media text is any media product we wish to examine.
Language: The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way.
Aural: Relating to the ear or sense of hearing.
Media Representation: The way in which the media portrays particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas or topics from a particular idealogical or value perspective.
Stereotype: A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Archetype: A universal type or model of character that is found in many different texts. e.g ingenue, anti-hero, wise old woman, hero-as-lover, hero-as-warrior, shadow trickster, mentor, loyal friend, temptress etc.
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