Narrative Theory Lesson 1

Music video & narrative theory (1) from Nicola Naisbett

Genre Theory. Lesson 2

Try the ideas of Buckingham, Altman, Todorov in relation to the fluidity and continuity of genres against this depiction of popwaves . It is also evidence of Derrida's points that texts participate in, rather than belong to genres, and that defining genres and assigning texts to genres is a subjective activity (i.e. there is no one "right" answer - like in most of Media Studies). You could also think about the ideas of Abercrombie in relation to why the industry needs a continual evolution of genres in order to target new audiences. Or Feuer's and Casey's points about the preference for genres that go along with the wider dominant ideology in society,

Genre Theory. Lesson 1

Below is  link that can help you explore different genres of music.

Here's a reward from the distraction factory: an attempt to represent music genres: http://everynoise.com/engenremap.html
Don't get lost in there.

Lesson 1. Representation

Please refer to the earlier representation presentations (at the start of the blog that were used in coursework and collective identity).

Andrew Goodwin - useful for everything!

Intro to Unit

Critical perspectives in media intro theory2014 from nicolanais

Representation 2