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WHAT'S THIS BLOG FOR? Pointers on DCRUP/CRUD + MANGeR! For Q1a (looking at progression from As to A2) thats Digital technology; Creativity; Research + planning; Use of conventions from real media texts; Post-production. For Q1b (examining EITHER AS or A2 production) thats Media Language; Audience; Narrative; GenrE; Representation.

When's the 2018 (CIAE) exam? Monday 4th June, am.

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Representation theory

Some useful resources on the general concept, of which the first text is the most useful
Representation

A more basic rundown:
Media Representation - David Chandler


This next one is university-level, but may be of particular interest to those of you also studying English/Lit., as it focusses on the possible links between narrative and representation:
The Value of Narrativity in the Representation of Reality

You can also look to find some useful materials on YouTube, such as this piece by Stuart Hall (who developed the idea of there being 3 levels of reading, and is a key thinker of the world of Cultural Studies):


SOME FURTHER READING:
http://ww2poster.co.uk/2010/04/lucy-noakes-gender-and-british-national-identity-in-wartime-a-study-of-the-links-between-gender-and-national-identity-in-britain-in-the-second-world-war-the-falklands-war-and-the-gulf-war/
http://www.edwardashbee.com/USERIMAGES/beingamerican.pdf
http://www.media4xav.org.uk/National%20identity%202010.docx (or as HTML)
http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/44_ACT/ACT-DiscoursesEssay.html
http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/sacs/vol2/issue1/BritishSouth-AsianCinemaAndIdentity_1.pdf
http://dro.dur.ac.uk/2342/

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