Incorporating theory into your writing – sentence starters

• This reinforces ______’s idea about/theory because...

This reinforces Stuart Hall’s idea about audiences engagement with media texts because youth audiences have an oppositional view to......

• This challenges the ________ theory as the...

This challenges the hypodermic needle theory as the time shift viewing enables audiences to actively choose what texts they want to consume...

• ________ is an example of _______, this is evident when....

Kylie Jenner’s Instagram feed is an example of hyperrealism,this is evident when she applies filters and uses photoshop to adjust her appearance in the images...

• This demonstrates the __________ theory. This affects the ________ audience in a...

This demonstrates the male gaze theory. This affects the male audience in a negative way because...

• This _________ is connoted/demonstratred through the use of.....

This dominant ideology is connoted through the use of mise en scene. The costume implies that women are...

Audiences use the _________ in a _________ way, this suggests...

Audiences use the music video in a personal integrative way, this suggests that they are active audiences which challenges the idea that audiences are passive...