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Online, Social & Participatory Media & Video Games: Media Language (2026 exams) MatchUp
Target Level
4-5
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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.
Cultural code
Symbolic code
Semic code
Disruption
Resolution
Roland Barthes
Recognition
Tzvetan Todorov
Action code
Enigma code
Equilibrium
A French theorist and semiotician who suggested that a story’s narrative uses five different types of code
A Bulgarian-French philosopher who proposed that there was a repeated structure for all linear narratives
A state of balance in the story; all is usually well
A range of non-literal references found in an image or text, normally presented through two contrasting codes
The point at which the balance is disturbed by an action or event
The point at which the protagonist acknowledges that balance has been disrupted
The characters attempt to solve the problem
An object or event (often very simple) that leads to narrative progression
The set-up and resolution of a puzzle
Signs referring to additional meaning through the use of connotation
All references found within a text that can be understood with a good knowledge of news, events and culture, both contemporary and historical