Media Terminology

Media Terminology

Social Realism- A genre of film that focuses on topical issues within modern society which is represented by different ideologies. Common themes include money, drugs and sex in modern contemporary social realism films.

Postmodernism- Rejects any idea that any media product or text is of any greater value than another. Judgements of value are down to taste not the actual quality of the media.

Intertextuality- The process of creating references to any kind of media text via another text via another media text.

Narrative- The media term for story telling.

Diegesis- The term used to name the story presented on screen as opposed to the story in real time that the screen narrative is about. Diegesis can contain elements such as characters, events and things within the main or primary narrative. 

Ideology- A world view, system of values, attitudes and beliefs which an individual or group of people deem to be true or important. They are shared by a culture about how a society should function.