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 *[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter13/ Chapter 13 illustrations]
-[[Category:TCF311]]
+[[Category:JCM311]]
-[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
+[[Category:JCM311 Discussion]]

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 == Bibliography ==
-#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
+#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (NY: Routledge, 2011).
-# Robert C. Allen, ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).
+#Ellen Seiter, "Semiotics, Stucturalism and TV," in Robert C. Allen, ed., ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).
 ==See also==
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 ==External links==
 *[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/WonderYears.htm ''The Wonder Years'' (1991) illustrations]
-*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SemioticsBuffy.htm ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997) illustrations]
+*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SemioticsBuffy.htm ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1991) illustrations]
 *[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/Fangface/index.htm ''Fangface'' (1980) illustrations]
 *[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter13/ Chapter 13 illustrations]

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 #Ellen Seiter, in ''Channels of Discourse'', writes, "The picture [of Fangface] itself is a syntagm. ... In the paradigmatic dimension the options are a pair of categories nature/culture (or animal/human...), which is the source of the image's meaning." She continues, "...Hodge and Trip have introduced the binary opposition (nature/culture) and proceeded to organize the elements of the television image into paradigmatic sets."
 #*List three or four "paradigmatic sets" in the "Prophecy Girl" episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''.
 #**'''Group 1 Bryan:'''
 #**#All shots of the master with a high vantage point (above the eyeline)
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 #**#All shots below the eyeline of Buffy
 #**'''Group 2 Abigail:'''
-#**#we thought that a few examples from the episode of Buffy that we watched in class would be the character Angel, because he is both a vampire (evil), and a human (good).
+#**#''We thought that a few examples from the episode of Buffy that we watched in class would be the character Angel, because he is both a vampire (evil), and a human (good).''
-#**#We also thought that Buffy could be a paradigmatic set because she was a 16 year old school girl and a vampire slayer.
+#**#''We also thought that Buffy could be a paradigmatic set because she was a 16 year old school girl and a vampire slayer.'
-#**#We also thought the backdrop of the show itself could be a paradigmatic set because it comes across as a teen romance but it also is about the apocalypse.
+#**#''We also thought the backdrop of the show itself could be a paradigmatic set because it comes across as a teen romance but it also is about the apocalypse.''
 #**'''Group 3 Carvel:'''
-#**# Living/Dead
+#**# ''Living/Dead''
-#**# Toughness/beauty
+#**# ''Toughness/beauty''
-#**# Reality/abnormality
+#**# ''Reality/abnormality''
 #**'''Group 4 Hannah:'''
 #**#Making women predators instead of prey
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 #***#Weaknesses: Semiotics often categorize causing them to generalize something which can downplay importance or some other aspect.  Structuralists "often leads to to a description of the worldview of a culture" which can have negative effects.
 #**'''Group 2:'''
-#***#We thought some strengths of structuralist analysis are that it is very thorough and it sees how things fit together in the text and also reflects the world view of a culture.
+#***#''We thought some strengths of structuralist analysis are that it is very thorough and it sees how things fit together in the text and also reflects the world view of a culture.''
-#***#We thought some weaknesses would be that it is very complicated and can ten to overcomplicate some things and there is so much to analyze that it can become too much.
+#***#''We thought some weaknesses would be that it is very complicated and can ten to overcomplicate some things and there is so much to analyze that it can become too much.''
 #**'''Group 3:'''
 #*** Strengths-
-#***#How the meaning is created rather then what the meaning is
+#***#''How the meaning is created rather then what the meaning is''
-#***#Helps understand relationships
+#***#''Helps understand relationships''
 #***Weaknesses –
 #***#There is no gray area
 #***#Not structured well, can be very broad
 #**'''Group 4:'''
-#***#Strength: Raise new theoretical issues
+#***#Strength: ''Raise new theoretical issues''
-#***#Strength: Make us aware of what we take for granted that is represented in the world
+#***#Strength: ''Make us aware of what we take for granted that is represented in the world''
-#***#Weakness: Not everyone will have the same interpretation of signs
+#***#Weakness: ''Not everyone will have the same interpretation of signs''
 #***#Weakness: Too Broad in analysis; not concise or structured

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 #**#All shots of Buffy during the scene where the guy tries to ask her to the dance from Camera position A
 #**#All shots below the eyeline of Buffy
-#**'''Group 2 Abigail or Alex:'''
+#**'''Group 2 Abigail:'''
 #**'''Group 3 Carvel:'''
 #**# Living/Dead
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 #***#Weaknesses: Semiotics often categorize causing them to generalize something which can downplay importance or some other aspect.  Structuralists "often leads to to a description of the worldview of a culture" which can have negative effects.
 #**'''Group 2:'''
 #**'''Group 3:'''
 #*** Strengths-

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 #Ellen Seiter, in ''Channels of Discourse'', writes, "The picture [of Fangface] itself is a syntagm. ... In the paradigmatic dimension the options are a pair of categories nature/culture (or animal/human...), which is the source of the image's meaning." She continues, "...Hodge and Trip have introduced the binary opposition (nature/culture) and proceeded to organize the elements of the television image into paradigmatic sets."
 #*List three or four "paradigmatic sets" in the "Prophecy Girl" episode of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''.
-#**'''Group 1 Gia or Bryan:'''
+#**'''Group 1 Bryan:'''
 #**'''Group 2 Abigail or Alex:'''
 #**'''Group 3 Carvel:'''
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 #List two strength(s) of semiotic/structuralist analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach (no, a difficult vocabulary does not count).
 #**'''Group 1:'''
 #**'''Group 2:'''
 #**'''Group 3:'''

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