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Applying media theory’s to Stranger things and The killing

Postmodernism - Baudrillard
- images and songs are the key feature in our society
- challenges the established order
- hyperreality is the idea that representations are now more apparent then reality.
- hyper real representations to represent reality instead they are representations of representations that no longer relate to reality.
Applying postmodernism to Stranger things -
Stranger things can be. Described as hyper real due to the representation of the 80s which are based on other media representations from films and media texts from this time including E.T and IT. Stephen King and Spielberg have created representations through the supernatural and American life in the 80s which is already Stephen King and Spielberg have created representations through the supernatural and American life in the 80s which is already hyperreal. These ideas have then been represented in stranger things.
Applying post modernism to the killing -
The Nordic Noir genre presents Denmark and crime in a certain way which is not realistic making it hyperreal. This representation has then been used in the killing  making it a representation of a representation.
Semiology - Barthes
- meaning is communicated through signs which are made up of the signifier and the signified (The thing itself and its meaning)
- The word myths is used to describe the way connotations suggested by your side have become normal.
- The meaning created by the Myths often reflect dominant ideologies and values.
Applying semiology to stranger things -
This theory could be applied to stranger things in many ways through the setting and characters.
For example the wheelers house is presented as higher class and we make assumptions about the family due to dominant ideologies This is the same for the buyers house as it is presented opposite to the wheelers house. We gather information about the people that live in these house before knowing them as characters.
Apply the semiology to the killing-
The characters are presented differently due to their Jobs. For example Sarah Lund, a detective is seen as established and honest due to the connotations of her job, whereas troels, a politician is presented as secretive due to dominant ideologies surrounding careers. We assume this without knowing the characters.





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