Memes and Tropes

Intertextuality – is the way that the media deliberately ir accidentally references other texts within their own.

Meme- is an element or idea that its transmitted or evolves in a culture. It is similar to a stereotype. In music, different fashion styles will be the meme. For example, people who are interested in rock music, generally you would expect them to have long black hair, dark clothes piercing’s and tattoos. In a previous post I have shown my ideal reader, she has this meme / stereotype.
Tropes- This is a recurring element in art of culture. An example of this is in films. In fantasy films, medieval is a trop of this, an example of this is Harry Potter, it is a fantasy film, yet all of its locations are based around medieval settings. Sometimes Tropes are rewritten this is called Revisionism. Tropes generally endure because the audience prefer them, they are conventional. From my experience in life, its conventional to use black on rock magazines, even if there are many other colours on the magazine black will always be the base colour underneath everything else. An example is on my magazine I am going to use the typical colours of a rock magazine (as this is the genre of my magazine)which include red, yellow and blue and of course the dominant colour black.