Narrative and media / Helen Fulton ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fulton, Helen, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Physical Description:

xi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

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 that 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 focalisation are realised 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.

Contents:

1 Introduction: the power of narrative / Helen Fulton 1

Part 1 The basics of narrative theory 9

2 Narrative concepts / Rosemary Huisman 11

3 From structuralism to post-structuralism / Rosemary Huisman 28

Part 2 Film as narrative and visual mode 45

4 Stories and plots / Julian Murphet 47

5 Narrative time / Julian Murphet 60

6 Narrative voice / Julian Murphet 73

7 Point of view / Julian Murphet 86

8 Novel to film / Helen Fulton 96

9 Film narrative and visual cohesion / Helen Fulton 108

Part 3 Television: narratives and ideology 123

10 The genres of television / Anne Dunn 125

11 Television news as narrative / Anne Dunn 140

12 Aspects of narrative in series and serials / Rosemary Huisman 153

13 Soap operas and sitcoms / Rosemary Huisman 172

Part 4 Radio and print journalism 189

14 Structures of radio drama / Anne Dunn 191

15 Radio news and interviews / Anne Dunn 203

16 Print news as narrative / Helen Fulton 218

17 Analysing the discourse of news / Helen Fulton 245

Part 5 Popular print culture 269

18 Magazine genres / Rosemary Huisman 271

19 Advertising narratives / Rosemary Huisman 285

20 Conclusion: postmodern narrative and media / Helen Fulton 300.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-319) and index.

ISBN:

0521617421

OCLC:

59881741

Publisher Number:

9780521617420

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