Genre A style or category of art, music, or literature Media Language • semiotics, including Barthes • narratology , including Todorov genre theory, including Neal Semiotics definition: Is the study of signs and their meaning in society. Roman Barthes Text can be interpreted in different ways by different people. You dont know what is going to happen to the characters. e.g who is going to become president . Extern al knowledge about past presidents and political facts are also used throughout. You can interpret why Frank is going to have revenge and the type of revenge he will have. You could think that he is going to have little revenge or big revenge. Open or closed narrative Open- hasn't got one meaning so you can view it differently. Closed- Has one set meaning Longform dramas are open because you can interpret them differently and keep the audience involved because th...