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The Key Aspects of Media Literacy
Quick questions on Categories (genre) - SQA Higher Media key aspect
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What are genre is defined by repeated conventions?Show answer
A category is recognised by conventions that repeat across texts of that type: the iconography of a Western, the unsafe setting and threat of horror, the investigation and enigma of a crime drama, the gloss and aspiration of a lifestyle advert. Analysing categories means identifying these conventions in a specific text and explaining their effect, rather than simply labelling the genre.
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What does it mean to call genre a contract between text and audience? [2 marks]
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Define genre hybridity and give the effect it can create. [2 marks]
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Why does naming a text's genre earn little on its own? [2 marks]
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