Questions reading 2.4

This reading passage tells us about structures and of which they are divided into two groups, first is syntagmatic and the second is paradigmatic. As i read through the chapter, i found that it only refers to the 3 general types of the syntagmatic structure. (argument, montage, and narrative) my question is, what about the paradigmatic structure? is it not catagorized into various types aswell?

Question and Comments: Reading 2.2 and Reading 2.3

This is my first post. After I read two reading parts of Media Studies, I have different comments on both reading. On reading 2.2, it is about how to read the media and analyzing it. Everybody sure have their own interpretation. There is no right or wrong interpretation in media according to individuals. The "key-term boxes" helps me to understand more about the things for analyzing the media image. However, I still have question on "anchorage". From the key-term box, what I understand about anchorage is that people have limited analysis to an image. But, what does it really mean? I don't fully understand, because on Reading 2.4 which about structures, the word anchorage appears again. can you give a more specific example of anchorage? On Reading 2.3, it is fun to work and read how the frequencies and percentage goes. I am quite similar on how to read the percentage because it is related to my work on entertainment. However, it is not easy to understand the Reading 2.3. From the reading so far, I realize that every media has meanings on it in every single parts.

Fallacies

Please read the following sites. Knowing about fallacies is also very useful in all your academic writing. Watch for examples in advertising and from politicians."Fallacies are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim. Avoid these common fallacies in your own arguments and watch for them in the arguments of others." A good website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/03/
Here are some other good resources for understanding logical fallacies:
http://www.onegoodmove.org/fallacy/toc.htm
http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/argument/fallacies.html
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/fallacies.html

Question: structuralism

Personally, I haven't fully understand the concept of 'structuralism'. I can only explain it as 'a way to make sense of the (media) text through its structure'. But what does it really mean? What is the example of a structuralist approach in a certain media text analysis?

Questions or comments

M, G, A,
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