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Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology
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Representation and ideology
Reality Check
Realism as a framework for studying TV:Is TV realistic? Does it have to do with “reality”? How realistic
is it?
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Representation and ideology
example: soap opera realism?
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Representation and ideology
different kinds and sources of realism:
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Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
- believability/credibility- plausibility- probability- actuality- verisimilitude- truthfulness- naturalism
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Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
psychological individualismcommon sense/the “normal”
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Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
psychological individualismcommon sense/the “normal”
... ideological assumptions which are generated through representation
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Representation and ideology
Stuart Hall: language as a model for the production of meaning in culture
representation > signification > signs > reading etc.
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Representation and ideology
Stuart Hall: language as a model for the production of meaning in culture
representation > signification > signs > reading etc.convention(s)code(s)arbitrariness
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Representation and ideology
... meaning:relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology• social practices of producing meaning
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The “Circuit of Culture”
Paul Du Gay, Stuart Hall, Linda Janes, Hugh Mackay, und Keith Negus. Doing Cultural Studies. The Story of the Sony Walkman. London: Sage/The Open University, 1997.
representation
identity
production
consumption
regulation
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Representation and ideology
... meaning:relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology• social practices of producing meaning
... influence of anthropology: rituals, performativity
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Realism and representation
Graeme Burton: “Modes and conventions of realism are linked to genres. Degrees of naturalism and authenticity attach themselves to soaps, but horror stories do not assume naturalism, indeed they allow for a degree of fantasy and we adjust our expectations accordingly.”