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4 Comments on The influence of male gaze on character design in two-dimensional games
Posted in 4. ‘Media Discourse’ Or ‘The male gaze’

The influence of male gaze on character design in two-dimensional games

The concept of le regard was first proposed by the British art critic John Berger in Ways…

4 Comments on Decoding the Ginger Hair Loss Prevention Shampoo Ad: Insights into Encoding, Decoding, and Re-coding
Posted in 3. ‘Manufacturing Consent’ Or ‘Ideas of encoding and decoding’

Decoding the Ginger Hair Loss Prevention Shampoo Ad: Insights into Encoding, Decoding, and Re-coding

The encoding/decoding model of communication was first developed by cultural studies scholar Stuart Hall in 1973.He titled the study ‘Encoding and…

3 Comments on From Cookbook to Screen: Understanding ‘The Medium is the Message'”
Posted in 2. ‘Medium theory’ Or ‘Construction of Identity in a digital world’

From Cookbook to Screen: Understanding ‘The Medium is the Message'”

Medium theory is an analytical framework that studies how specific communication tools and methods influence the particular…

5 Comments on From Screen to Scene: How Two-Step Flow Shapes Movie Choices
Posted in 1. ‘Two Step Flow theory’ Or ‘Culture Industry’

From Screen to Scene: How Two-Step Flow Shapes Movie Choices

‘Two Step Flow theory’ means that big ideas flow from mass media to opinion leaders, and from…

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Posted in Hello World

This is me.

Hi, my name is Yixiao Wang and my favorite things to do are sleeping, eating and drawing….