Media theories

Cohen

• Society as presently structured will continue to present problems for some of its members
• The media over-reacts to an aspect of behaviour
• People who supposedly threat social order folk devils

Stuart Hall

• Identity is ambiguous 
• Identity is problematic
• The invisible nature of ideology 
• Other 
• Media seems to reflect but in fact they construct it
• Audiences read texts differently, some accept, some negotiate, some reject

Althusser

• We are already subjects, and as such constantly practise the rituals of ideological recognition
• The social practise of mis recognising themselves based on a consciousness
• The power of mass media recites in their ability too

Defleur

• The more one depends on the media, the more media will be important to someone
• The media has selective influences on people

Neale

• Genre are instances of repetition and differences 

Judith Butler

• Identity is performed through your expression
• Gender is what you do, not what you are

Foucault

• Identity is a shifting temporary contruction