media studies
Analyzing mass messaging
Media studies is an academic field examining how mass communication shapes and reflects society.
It analyzes television, film, advertising, journalism, social media, and other forms of media—their production, content, and cultural influence.
The discipline draws on sociology, cultural theory, and communications: She majored in media studies with a focus on political messaging.
Formal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
- textual analysisSystematic examination of writing
critical theory · hermeneutics · quantitative research · coding · deconstruction · ethnography · case study · close reading
Depiction or likeness
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- pop cultureMass entertainment and trends
- subculturesGroups with shared alternative identities
identity · globalization · stereotypes · cultural imperialism · multiculturalism · fandom · celebrity · consumerism
Motion picture visual craft
- photographyCreating images from light
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
montage · mise-en-scène · gaze · iconography · aesthetics · screen · spectacle · representation
Art of persuasive language
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- messageTransmitted communication
- transmissionSending of information
encoding · decoding · audience · sender · receiver · feedback · noise · channel
Broadcast viewing device
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
- programmingWriting software instructions
network · documentary · ratings · viewership · anchor · newscast · public broadcasting · syndication
Finite problem-solving procedure
- platformRaised flat structure
- viralSpreading quickly online
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
interactivity · user-generated content · meme · influencer · hashtag · online community · digital divide · big data
methodology
Formal procedural framework
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- semioticsStudy of signs, symbols
textual analysis · critical theory · hermeneutics · quantitative research · coding · deconstruction · ethnography · case study · close reading · representation
representation
Depiction or likeness
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- pop cultureMass entertainment and trends
subcultures · identity · globalization · stereotypes · cultural imperialism · multiculturalism · fandom · celebrity · consumerism · Americanization
cinematography
Motion picture visual craft
- photographyCreating images from light
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
composition · montage · mise-en-scène · gaze · iconography · aesthetics · screen · spectacle · representation · graphic design
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- messageTransmitted communication
transmission · encoding · decoding · audience · sender · receiver · feedback · noise · channel · medium
television
Broadcast viewing device
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- journalismNews gathering and dissemination
- newsroomMedia gathering hub
programming · network · documentary · ratings · viewership · anchor · newscast · public broadcasting · syndication · scheduling
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
convergence · interactivity · user-generated content · meme · influencer · hashtag · online community · digital divide · big data · surveillance
- interdisciplinary studies
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- disciplinesbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology
- academic subjectschemistry, physics, biology, math, geography
- college majorsbiology, psychology, engineering, chemistry, physics
- electivesart class, band, choir, drama, orchestra
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Science of matter and energy
chemistry · mathematics · pure mathematics · engineering · hard sciences
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Creating motion pictures
video production · cinematography · audio engineering · sound engineering · studio production
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