structuralism

The structuralist movement of folklore was founded by: 

The structuralist movement of folklore was founded by:  (A) William Thomas (B) Vishnu Sharma (C) H.K. Ranganath (D) Vladimir Propp  Correct Ans: (D) Explanation:Vladimir Propp established the structuralist movement of folklore through his detailed analysis of Russian fairy tales. In his seminal work Morphology of the Folktale (1928), he dissected stories to uncover consistent narrative […]

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Key Thinkers in Language and Semiotics

Match the following:   (List I- Personality) (List II- Focus Area) (a) Jacques Derrida (i) Text linguistics (b) Noam Chomsky (ii) Discourse analysis (c) Van Dijk (iii) Network of sings (d) Ferdinand de Saussure (iv) Dismantling structure in text Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (C) (iv)

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The concept of two orders of signification was formulated by: 

The concept of two orders of signification was formulated by:  Correct Ans: (C) Explanation:Roland Barthes introduced the idea of two orders of signification, which became central in semiotics and media theory. He built on Ferdinand de Saussure’s work by analyzing how media messages create meaning on different levels. The first order, called denotation, refers to

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Key Concepts and Their Associated Authors

Match List – I (Concepts) with     List – II (Authors Associated with). List I (Concepts) List II (Authors Associated with)  (a) Ideology (i) Claude Levi Strauss  (b) Hegemony (ii) Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak  (c) Subaltern- Studies (iii) Louis Althussar  (d) Structuralism (iv) Antonio Gramci  Codes: (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

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Structuralism and Semiology: Focus on Latent Content

Assertion (A): In structuralism and semiology attention is directed to latent rather than to manifest content. Reason (R): Structuralism and semiology believe that all ‘Units’ of content should be treated equally for analysis. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of

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Day wise DMCQ

Day 45- Daily Mass Communication Quiz (DMCQ)

1. Which term refers to the process where media content is reused, repurposed, and reinterpreted by users, often across different platforms? a) Media Convergence b) Media Remixing c) Transmedia Storytelling d) Media Recontextualization Correct Answer: b) Media Remixing Explanation: Media remixing involves users taking existing media content and altering it to create new interpretations or

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