Post-modernism mind map

1. Portfolio Media studies
What is postmodernism?
What ispostmodernism?
Bricolage
The term bricolageis used to
describea work that is made
from combiningexisting
materials,independent of their
original purpose.Itis an idea of
putting an idea with another to
create something new.
Pastiche
Pasticheis a work of art,
literature,music,movie ect.
That imitates the work of the
previous media text but
embracingthe text in a positive
way.
Causality
Causality is many stories which
influenceeach other which
may causean effect in a
pattern. It is simply the
principlethateverything has a
cause.
Meta-narrative
In literal terms it means a big
story, itrepresents an
explanation for everything
that happens in society.
Simulacra and
Simulation
Baudrillard claims that
our current society has
replaced all reality and
meaning with symbols
and signs and the
human mind is of a
simulation of reality.It
is the idea of reality
and media collapsing.
Demonstration
It is to take something apartand
analyseand statethe purpose
of a product.
Hierarchies of taste
Exploringrelationshipsbetween
high culture and low cultureto
create a new meaning
Self-conscious
Being aware of one’s self, ones
actions and ones movements
Modernism
The terms modernism is used
to describethe succession of
art movements, it is a radical
break with the pastand the
concurrent search for new
forms of expression.It
fostered a period of
experimentation in arts from
the late 19th to the mid-20th
century.
Hall of mirrors/ paradoxical
This is where there is a
mirror illusion where the
audiencecan see a story in a
story in a story and so on,
almostlookingendless.
The zenithof
cultural production
It is believed that
cultureeats itself as
everything is made
therefore culture
remakes itself in an
abstractway.
-many music videos
are inspired and make
their own by parody,
homage and
intertextuality.