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 Adbusters Conservative- keeping things the same  Progressive- everchanging  Adbusters does not easily fit into a genre. -Political  -Visual arts and photography -Culture jamming Taking something and putting it into a context Unconventional and lacks context  Takes a highly confrontational and unpleasant mode of address Adbusters Front Cover; - Militaristic connotations - Grainy and sandy - Masthead slightly covered by image - Middle-Eastern man-possible terrorism connotations - Fist clenched- aggressive  - 'Post-West'  Signifies war or colonisation  - Adbusters adopts a polysemic reading Adbusters presents a deliberately confrontational mode of address which is emphasised through its total lack of anchorage. The MES of the costume of the cover models costume has militaristic connotations due to the camouflage colours and utility pockets. This has significant connotations of war, death and threat which are potentially alarming to the target audien...

 Women Magazine and Adbusters basic and straightforward targets straight white women how does this product create meaning for its audience? women magazine is a basic magazine that is targeting a basic audience sexist magazine  straightforward  typical  sexualising objectifying  women can construct identities around this  women magazine reinforces patriarchal hegemonic norms this is to control the female audience  How had the conventions of the genres of the magazines you have studied changed over time? women's lifestyle Genre: Women's lifestyle (conventional) Big title lexis of women 7d (80p) is very cheap aimed to working class Hegemonically attractive / normal Pink colour is feminine Lexis of kitchen is lexis for sexist Lexis of British Woman is direct to woman Staring at us Sans serif women are dumb MES of floral dress is feminine Makeup to be pretty MES of smile to be inviting and friendly Lexis of lingerie to add a spicy Lexis of A-level is appeal...

Representations are shaped by the time that they were made To what extent does this apply to Les Revenants? Les Revenants presents complex and powerful representations of women in particular which reflects the time in which it was made. However, Les Revenants also completely excludes non white characters which is highly stereotypical and even racist. - Isolated - Solemn - Peaceful - Rural - Quiet - Spiritual - Long shot of nature  - MES of the coach connotes to tourism  - Wide shot of concrete dam - Strange modern building - Peaceful yet aggressive  - School is very concrete and threatening Contradictive- france is represented as a highly complicated and contradictory. It combines beautiful nature with ugly and unappealing newly built houses. In doing so, it reflects the complexities of everyday life. Not only this, but Les Revs will be highly relatable to white middle class and french target audiences., who may not live in Paris or other built up cities. How are multiple...