TV Structure (Discussion)
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Definitions
- Flow
- Who originally articulated it? What does it mean when applied to "linear" TV? (See the programming grid on p. 12.)
- How does "nonlinear" TV encourage flow?
- Polysemy and TV programs as "texts"
- "poly-semy" = "many meanings"
- Sort of rhymes with "polygamy"
- What does "structured polysemy" mean?
- Discourse
- How does theorist John Fiske use the term?
- "a language or system of representation that has developed socially in order to make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about an important topic area. These meanings serve the interests of that section of society within which the discourse originates.
- Schitt's Creek: fish-out-of-water trope. Similar shows?
- How are rich people represented? What set of values (discourse) are attached to them? How are small-town people represented? What discourse is attached to them?
- We can see polysemy in action in Schitt's Creek and The Andy Griffith Show.
- How does theorist John Fiske use the term?
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture (New York: Routledge, 2018).
