Reception theory blog tasks
Reception theory blog tasks
1) What is the preferred reading of a media text?
when the audience understood the message as the producer wanted them to understand .
2) What is the oppositional reading of a media text?
when the audience understands the message in a completely different way .
3) How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film?
The trailer portrays teenagers as aggressive and scary . This persuades the audience by thinking that all teenagers are bad.
4) Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer?
Young teenagers may think completely differently and reject this reading and think opposite as they might feel mis understoof that not all tennagers be this way.
5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings.
The preferred reading of the mcdonalds advert portrays how the big mac is very tasty and mouth watering . Many people may believe that the big mac is mdonalds best product and may seem to want to buy it . The info on the advert describes the big mac being very good
