Active Audiences and the Construction of Meaning People in the media industry believe that the audience is a mass of passive readers who accept media messages uncritically. Nevertheless, audiences participate actively in constructing meaning of media texts because of their individual or collective interpretation of media messages, and their collective political action. The audiences actively take part in the interpretation of media texts- an essential process when media messages start meaning something to people who assign meaning to the texts. Sometimes audiences can interpret the message in the same way as intended by the producers, but sometimes they construct meaning that is very different. People interpret media texts in social settings.
The greatly differing art from era to era presents an issue of greater meaning. Going into perception of any individual’s reasoning of emotion from observation of something that can be judged with grace or ill regard should be considered only to those viewing the piece. The artist should actually care for his work and carry an essence of narrative to it to be considered well crafted. Although if the one taking in the piece fails to make any connection or perceives it to be something totally different does the validity of the piece to be considered good art change? It may.
Art is simply one’s emotions, ideas, or beliefs expressed through a particular talent or skill. It is a way to practice our right to ‘pursuit happiness’. If an artist’s work is a genuine expression of their passions, then it is in fact, high art. An example of an art form that, at first glance, may not be considered ‘high art’ is graffiti/street art. To the common eye, graffiti can be seen as a nuisance; dirty; obnoxious.
On the other end of the spectrum, if the film is not a prank, then we are drawn more toward what was trying to be said through the actual storyline of the film, instead of possible motives of those involved in creating it. The ideas proposed in the storyline are things like the significance and meaning of art, how things become canonical or just popular among a mass audience, and even what it is that makes an artist a meaningful creator of art. First looking at street art altogether is in itself a controversial matter. This is because a portion of the population sees this as no art form at all, but instead it
The revised ‘Advice for teachers’ section of both studies is a suggested guide and offers teachers a variety of examples of possible teaching and learning activities relevant to the outcomes. Both studies offer advice for teachers when developing an appropriate course of study including explanations of specific terms used throughout the studies. VCE Art and Studio Arts share some terminology, including references to visual language. Visual language is defined as artmaking skills and aesthetic awareness and is demonstrated in the ability to employ formal elements and principals to communicate meaning. Visual language is the language required to make art and is distinct from art language, which is the terminology employed to speak about art.
A striking theatrical metaphor deployed to great effect, is that of frontstage and backstage regions in daily life; places and occasions in which the individual is or is not ‘on display’ and subject to the scrutiny and potential criticism of others. Front stage situations call for care in the projection of a managed self-performance. One of Goffman’s key insights is that the self is not some innate and given thing, but rather something that is enacted and performed. Therefore, the immediate crucial question is to the nature of the relation between the performance and the performer. (Scannell, 2007) In his introduction to ‘Interaction Rituals’, Goffman wrote – “
Meaning through observance The experience one has while viewing an art piece is in many ways unique to the individual. Although an artist may create a painting with the goal of conveying a particular purpose or emotion, it is the mind of the viewer that extrapolates and creates the final meaning. Therefore, a visual art piece can act as a mirror reflecting the character of a viewer through his or her own subjective interpretations. The Art Gallery of Ontario contains many painting cause one to stop and think. A particularly interesting piece is the Portrait of Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann by the German painter Otto Dix.
In Dumit’s A Digital Image of the Category of the Person, he explains that the body is a cultural lived tense and the point of reference for an individual. A persons lived experience changes by social and cultural experiences in life, which becomes conditioned to their lived body experience. Being influenced by cultural and social experiences can lead to objective-self fashioning, influencing a person to bargain with their own identity. In objective self fashioning we take facts about ourselves through society and media and incorporate them into our lives while being an active participant of those facts; shaping a persons mind or perspective as well as an individuals behavior. Therefore, this is why the lived (active) body or social body is cultural, because it is influenced by lived experiences in society.
The research design will then be introduced taking into account the theoretical frameworks and the review of the pertinent research. In this presentation, the qualitative study proposed is to learn the impact of educator perception on the impact of professional learning communities on student performance will be outlined. This will be followed with a discussion concerning the limitations of this study as well as precautions taken to protect those involved with the study. Theoretical Framework Organizational change and socio-cultural learning theories inform this study because they contextualize the problems with universal curriculum frameworks. It is through these theories that we will gain more insight into the issues associated with school system-wide leadership (Knapp, et al, 2008, p. 35).
Critically analyse the key theories of teaching and learning that have been influential in either the Foundation Stage/Key Stage1 or Key Stage 1/Key stage 2. Evaluate the impact of such theories on current policy and practice. Include examples from research and from your observations and experiences in schools. Teaching and learning are two key words that are highly relevant to my career in teaching. The term ‘teaching’ I believe refers to the practice of giving knowledge to someone else.