Narrative and Media

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-521-61742-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 591 g

Narrative and Media applies contemporary narrative theory to media texts, including film, television, radio, advertising, and print journalism. Drawing on research in structuralist and post-structuralist theory, as well as functional grammar and image analysis, the book explains the narrative techniques which shape media texts and offers interpretive tools for analysing meaning and ideology. Each section looks at particular media forms and shows how elements such as chronology, character, and focalization are realized in specific texts. As the boundaries between entertainment and information in the mass media continue to dissolve, understanding the ways in which modes of story-telling are seamlessly transferred from one medium to another, and the ideological implications of these strategies, is an essential aspect of media studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fulton, Helen

Huisman, Rosemary

Murphet, Julian

Dunn, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Grafikdesign, Kommunikationsdesign
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Film, Video, Foto
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medienphilosophie, Medienethik, Medienrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Helen Fulton; 1. The power of narrative: the basics of narrative theory Rosemary Huisman; 2. Narrative concepts; 3. From structuralism to post-structuralism: film as narrative Julian Murphet; 4. Stories and plots; 5. Narrative time; 6. Narrative voice; 7. Point of view: film as visual mode Helen Fulton; 8. Novel to film; 9. Film narrative and visual cohesion: narratives of television Anne Dunn;10. The genres of television; 11. Television news as narrative: television and ideology Rosemary Huisman; 12. Aspects of narrative in series and serials; 13. Soap-operas and sit-coms: radio Anne Dunn; 14. Structures of radio drama; 15. Radio news and interviews: print journalism Helen Fulton; 16. Print news as narrative; 17. Analysing the discourse of news: popular print culture Rosemary Huisman; 18. Magazine genres; 19. Advertising narratives; Conclusion Helen Fulton; 20. Postmodern narrative and media.

Über Autor(innen)

Huisman, Rosemary
Rosemary Huisman is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Sydney, where she was also Head of Semiotics until 2003 . Her research brings together contemporary literary, semiotic and linguistic theory in the exploration of textual production and interpretation in different media, discourses and genres. A practising poet, she has produced major publications on the semiotics of poetry, from Beowulf to contemporary Australian writing.

Dunn, Anne
Anne Dunn is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. Before embarking on an academic career, she spent over twenty years in commercial and publicly-owned media, as a writer, resesarcher, journalist, producer, director and manager, including freelance work with magazines and newspapers. She is the current President of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.

Fulton, Helen
Helen Fulton is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Sydney, where she teaches grammar, discourse analysis, communication studies, and medieval studies. She has published on semiotics and discourse and is currently the President of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association.

Murphet, Julian
Julian Murphet is a Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Sydney, where he teaches American literature, film and critical theory. He is the author of two books on contemporary American literature, and has published widely in postmodern culture and the interrelations of visual and literary media.