Portfolio media studies
- 1. Portfolio Media studies What is postmodernism? What ispostmodernism? Bricolage The term bricolageis used to describea work that is made from combiningexisting materials,independent of their original purpose.Itis an idea of putting an idea with another to create something new. Pastiche Pasticheis a work of art, literature,music,movie ect. That imitates the work of the previous media text but embracingthe text in a positive way. Causality Causality is many stories which influenceeach other which may causean effect in a pattern. It is simply the principlethateverything has a cause. Meta-narrative In literal terms it means a big story, itrepresents an explanation for everything that happens in society. Simulacra and Simulation Baudrillard claims that our current society has replaced all reality and meaning with symbols and signs and the human mind is of a simulation of reality.It is the idea of reality and media collapsing. Demonstration It is to take something apartand analyseand statethe purpose of a product. Hierarchies of taste Exploringrelationshipsbetween high culture and low cultureto create a new meaning Self-conscious Being aware of one’s self, ones actions and ones movements Modernism The terms modernism is used to describethe succession of art movements, it is a radical break with the pastand the concurrent search for new forms of expression.It fostered a period of experimentation in arts from the late 19th to the mid-20th century. Hall of mirrors/ paradoxical This is where there is a mirror illusion where the audiencecan see a story in a story in a story and so on, almostlookingendless. The zenithof cultural production It is believed that cultureeats itself as everything is made therefore culture remakes itself in an abstractway. -many music videos are inspired and make their own by parody, homage and intertextuality.