Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology.
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Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology
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?
Representation and ideology
example: soap opera realism?
Representation and ideology
different kinds and sources of realism:
Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
- believability/credibility- plausibility- probability- actuality- verisimilitude- truthfulness- naturalism
Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
psychological individualismcommon sense/the “normal”
Kinds/dimensions of “realism”
psychological individualismcommon sense/the “normal”
... ideological assumptions which are generated through representation
Representation and ideology
Stuart Hall: language as a model for the production of meaning in culture
representation > signification > signs > reading etc.
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
Representation and ideology
... meaning:relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology• social practices of producing meaning
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
Representation and ideology
... meaning:relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology• social practices of producing meaning
... influence of anthropology: rituals, performativity
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.”