Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media

Jan 01, 1997 56m

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Synopsis

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations, Hall argues that the process of representation itself constitutes the very world it aims to represent, and explores how the shared language of a culture, its signs and images, provides a conceptual roadmap that gives meaning to the world rather than simply reflecting it. Hall's concern throughout is the centrality of culture to the shaping of our collective perceptions, and how the dynamics of media representation reproduce forms of symbolic power.

Title	Stuart Hall: Representation & the Media
Companies	Media Education Foundation
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	media, communication, cultural studies