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Akta Mannisoar Came out in 2012 - the only reason someone would go out of their way to publish a copy of the show is due to a pure love of a show

Stuart Hall - Representation & Reception   David Gauntlett - Theories of Identity/Pick N'Mix Theory  Clay Shirky - End of Audience theory Henry Jenkins - Fandom  George Gerbner - Cultivation Theory  Interacting with media products is a process of negotiation.   

The TV industry is a specialised industry   TV changed a lot since digitally convergence technology in terms of its production, distribution and consumption.  It has become a global, rather than national, industry and has become increasingly commercial., with public service broadcasting forced to adapt its structure. role and function.  International co-production is growing and broadcasters such as HBO have archived global success.   This is due to an increasingly fragmented audience  Broadcasters are now known as 'narrowcasters' with multiple channels targeting different (sometimes more niche) audiences.   Audiences consume Television text in a variety of different ways, this is Stuart Halls Reception Theory .   Binging   John Logy Beared - invented it  John Reef - HATED TV Just 30 lines of Data were being transmitted from London to as far as North Africa via medium length radio waves....

Hyperreality - the concept where the representation is more real than the thing it is representing "it is no longer a question of imitation, nor duplication, nor even parody.  IT is a question of the substituting the signs of the real for the real" - Jean Baudrillard  A simulation is a perfect recreation of something real but a simulation cannot be real "If 'the signs of the real' hold more power, and seem more real, then what is reality" Simulacra -  A  simulacrum  (plural:  simulacra  from Latin:  simulacrum , which means "likeness, similarity") is a representation or imitation of a person or thing. The word was first recorded in the English language in the late 16th century, used to describe a representation, such as a statue or a painting, especially of a god.   Augmented Reality Deep Fakes "We live in a fantasy because the 'real world' is too depressing to even consider" "The fake is more real than the ...

Abjection - The horror of something that doesn't belong Gender performativity  - 'We all know why you like her so much, Crusty Sheets' is an example of Toby's actions towards Anita affecting the others around him.  Matty is the classic Tomboy, swearing 'Shut up, Nobcock' showing Matilda (Matty as she prefers to be called) does things that a typical girl wouldn't.  Leo Enters the Brothel Leo is seen as assertive and in control, the alpha male, with the pointing, the aggressive tone in his voice, he never shouts he just snarls to get across his point.  This is seen when he tells Max to not make himself obviously a Cyborg.  When he enters the Brothel, he seems more shut away, looking down, on a mission without making it obvious to those who work there, he then throws down the tablet when he chooses 'Number 7' probably out of uncomfortableness, seeing his friend acting and performing this way, he sees how she has to act with everyone that c...

The Sci-Fi Genre & Sociohistorical Context Allegory -  A story about something else, like how animal farm is seen as pigs becoming leaders of the farm where as it is actually about the Soviet Union, Humans in allegory.  It is a metaphor Zeitgeist -  Literally translates as 'The spirit of the time'.  It means there are things in what you are watching that allow you to be able to identify the time period it is set in In Sci-Fi the directors can encode a deeper hidden message about the society we live in today Humans has a contemporary setting, in a parallel/alternate universe.  It is set in the UK near London.   illegal immigration/modern slavery Racism and being sceptical of people that are not British (human) People being scared of technology taking over, trying to wipe them out, Genocide, could be relating to a Genocide Reliance on technology - we become dependent and loose the ability to think by ourselves  Kids ...