Stranger Things Representations

Rolan Barts-

• Signifier 
• Denotation 
• Connotation

Constructed Realism-

• Nothing can be real in TV drama
• The idea that all media products and what we see in them is made/ built using technical codes and media language such as camera work, editing, etc.

Dominant ideology-

• System or structure of beliefs, values and ideas about the way we should live, behave and think

Representations in the media-

• All media products are 'constructed'
• Producers use different elements/ conventions of media language to construct these representations 
• Producer of different LFTVD may use different elements of media language to:

- Offer different representations 

- Communicate different ideas and viewpoints about individuals/ social groups or identities, events and issues

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