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Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology

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?.

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Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology

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  1. Soaps and Sitcoms: Realism, Representation, Ideology

  2. 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?

  3. Representation and ideology • example: soap opera realism?

  4. Representation and ideology • different kinds and sources of realism:

  5. Kinds/dimensions of “realism” • - believability/credibility • - plausibility • - probability • - actuality • - verisimilitude • - truthfulness • - naturalism

  6. Kinds/dimensions of “realism” • psychological individualism • common sense/the “normal”

  7. Kinds/dimensions of “realism” • psychological individualism • common sense/the “normal” • ... ideological assumptions which are generated through representation

  8. Representation and ideology • Stuart Hall: language as a model for the production of meaning in culture • representation > signification > signs > reading etc.

  9. 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

  10. Representation and ideology • ... meaning: • relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology • social practices of producing meaning

  11. The “Circuit of Culture” representation identity production consumption regulation • 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.

  12. Representation and ideology • ... meaning: • relocated into • arbitrary closure of meaning = ideology • social practices of producing meaning ... influence of anthropology: rituals, performativity

  13. 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.”

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