Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Just text.

How can one define the meaning of text? Does the word stem from another word, such as context, or can an audience absorb the word as itself?

In our January 20th discussion, we were asked to create a theory based on the single-most important “thing” to consider when analyzing text. My response is the many ways text can be interpreted — the audience receives and understands information differently. That includes information that is presented to society via the media in all sorts of outlets: the television, the radio, and the internet. The creator of said text should take into consideration of his or her audience, but this does not mean the creator must adjust accordingly. That said, the creator should acknowledge that text can be lost once viewed by another. All text is valid (whether others do not acknowledge such text) and with the above explanation, we have “receivism”.

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