Reception theory:
1) What is the preferred reading of a media text? The interpretation by the producers here the audience accepts the encoded , intended message. 2) What is the oppositional reading of a media? An audience interpretation of a media text that completely rejects the intended , dominant and message of the producer. 3) How does the Harry Brown trailer position the audience to respond to the teenage characters in the film? portraying them as one - dimensional , antisocial and menacing monsters. 4) Why might young people reject this reading and construct an oppositional reading of the trailer? While the trailer for Harry Brown works hard to create a "preferred reading" (that the youths are irredeemable monsters), many young viewers might reject this and construct an oppositional reading . 5) Write a 150+ word analysis of the McDonald's advert using preferred, negotiated and oppositional readings. The preferred reading (or dominant reading) is the inten...