{"id":134,"date":"2017-12-02T21:16:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mcifall2017\/?p=134"},"modified":"2017-12-02T21:16:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T02:16:11","slug":"polysemic-texts-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mcifall2017\/2017\/12\/02\/polysemic-texts-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Polysemic Texts Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sulDhnFBahs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Polysemic texts are texts that have various interpretations\/meanings. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Polysemy is not specific to texts, but occurs within all types of media<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">These different interpretations or meanings are influenced by social context <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00e0<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Who we are surrounded by helps to shape the way we interpret media (how we view things, what we perceive to be our interests and concerns). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Meanings\/interpretations are not endless: interpretive constraint<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2022<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aspects such as race, gender, class, and sexuality can help determine the way media is interpreted<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 115%;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';font-size: 13pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2013<\/span><span style=\"font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';margin: 0px\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px;line-height: 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