AQA Media Studies for A Level: Revision Guide

62 For the A Level examinations, you will need to know and be able to apply the following theoretical terms and ideas. Media language Narrative Genre Semiotics: • Anchorage • Code • Dominant signi er • Icon • Ideology • Index • Paradigm • Sign • Signi ed • Signi er • Symbol • Syntagm From Barthes : • Denotation • Connotation • Myth • Signi cation • Causality • ‘Character types’ • Diegesis • Masterplot • Narration • Narrative codes • Plot • Quest narrative From Todorov : • Disruption • Equilibrium • Narrative structure • New equilibrium From Neale : • Conventions and rules • ‘Genre as cultural category’ • Genres of order and integration • Hybridity • Sub-genre Chapter 5 Media language Detailed discussion on this area of the theoretical framework is covered in Chapters 1–3 of the Year 1 student book and Chapter 1 of the A Level Year 2 student book . The Theoretical Framework: Extended Ideas SECTION B