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Marxist Media Theory
Guide to the key concepts in the analysis of media power structures from the man from Primrose Hill. Nobly offers both strengths and weaknesses.
www.aber.ac.ukMedia Influence
Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman and others consider the influence of the media on society in these readings.
www.aber.ac.ukNotes on the Gaze
Offers an overview of the theories of spectatorship and "the gaze" in visual media. Includes a discussion of the work of Mulvey and Berger.
www.aber.ac.ukPhotographs Interpret The World
Article on the critical processes involved in editing collections of images. Quotes Sontag, bibliography included. NOT FOUND
www.aber.ac.ukSapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Two extreme positions concerning the relationship between language and thought are commonly referred to as 'mould theories' and 'cloak theories'.
www.aber.ac.ukStudy of Cartoons & Caricature - Univ. of Kent
Featuring details of the Cartoon centre at the University of Kent at Canterbury and its collections, including an online Andy Capp exhibition.
library.ukc.ac.ukTheory.org.uk - Gramsci's Theory of Hegemony, Television & Cinema
Enjoy a paper titled "Can Gramsci's theory of hegemony help us to understand the representation of ethnic minorities in western television and cinema?"
www.theory.org.ukUniv. of Wales, Aberystwyth - Biases of the Ear and Eye
Daniel Chandler exposes the theme of oral versus literate cultures and contrasts phonocentrism, graphocentrism, and logocentrism.
www.aber.ac.ukUniv. of Wales, Aberystwyth - Cary Bazalgette's Framework
Daniel Chandler offers this framework for approaching media text arranged by topics such as media languages, producers and audiences, and representation.
www.aber.ac.ukUniv. of Wales, Aberystwyth - Cultivation Theory
Read a paper about the cultivation hypothesis or cultivation analysis that was an approach developed by G. Gerbner to study the cumulative effects of television viewing.
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