Category: 3. Manufacturing Consent’ Or ‘Ideas of encoding and decoding’
Understanding Encoding and Decoding: How Media Shapes Meaning
Everyday signs, words, sounds, images, and symbols are all around us and subtly influence how we perceive…
Theories of Encoding & Decoding
Encoding and Decoding: Navigating Meaning in Daily Life and Social Media Coined by Stuart Hall in 1973,…
Why do we have completely different reactions to the same luxury goods advertisement? – An Analysis of Hall’s “Encoding/Decoding” Model
For the same luxury advertisement, some people think “Wow, so high-end”, some people think it’s too fake,…
The Ideas Of Encoding And Decoding
Stuart Hall’s Encoding/Decoding model (Hall, 1973/1980) represented a significant paradigmatic shift in how scholars conceptualise media communication….
‘Manufactured consent’ and media literacy in a modern world
Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman’s Manufacturing Consent (1988) argues that Western media essentially stages democracy by…
Ideas of Encoding and Decoding
When I first learned Stuart Hall’s Encoding and Decoding theory, I realised something important:media does not give…
Understanding SKIMS and Kylie Cosmetics Through Encoding/Decoding
Studying Stuart Hall’s Encoding/Decoding made me rethink how I look at the cultural world around me, especially…
How Social Media Uses Encoding and Decoding
It’s a regular, everyday occurrence to scroll on our social media or watch TV, often thinking that…
Manufacturing Consent: How Media Shapes Public Opinion
In today’s world, media plays a huge role in shaping what we think and believe. But is…
How We Read Media Differently: Encoding & Decoding Today
In this episode of the podcast, I want to discuss Stuart Hall’s “encoding/decoding” model (Hall, 1980). As…
Manufacturing Idol Consent: Fans as Enforcers of the “Flawless Star” Myth
Last week, I saw the “community rules” of a new idol’s support club: “It is forbidden to…
How fast fashion manufactures public consent through the media.
Fast fashion giants such as Shein, Zara and H&M operate on ultra-fast production cycles and extremely low-cost…
How Media and Audiences Work Together: Understanding Meaning in Media
The Media When we think about media people often imagine it as something that simply gives us…
How Journalism and Platforms Shape What We Think We Know
Modern media gives us the eerie feeling that we “know” people we have never met. A TikTok…
Manufacturing Climate Consent: From The Island President to London’s Clean Air Agenda
When I first learned about the idea of Manufacturing Consent, I thought it only applied to politics…
Understanding AI Art Through the Ways We Decode It
AI-generated art is everywhere, but people disagree sharply about what it actually brings. This blog will
explore how diverse groups
interpret AI-generated images differently by using Stuart Hall’s encoding/ decoding theory.
