Talk:Encoding/decoding model of communication

Does this warrant it's own article? Why can't Hall's discussion of reception theory and his coding/encoding be either on the reception theory page or on the Hall page? It's unclear why it would be spread across three pages. If the reader wants to get a good understanding of his stance, they have to click all over the place. Can this page be deleted and the information merged with the "reception theory" page, where Hall can be accorded fair space? Thanks. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed, but I think it's worth it's own page so long as the theory is properly defined, so I updated page with another source and added more content. -- Nathanaelbassett 11:59, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * There's a section on this theory in Stuart Hall's article that explains it better than this one, without reference to Mr. Terni. This article seems wholly superfluous.WQUlrich (talk) 22:18, 2 March 2013 (UTC)


 * This model has had an impact on a number of studies so it goes beyond Hall's. I am currently working on improving this page and will be including case studies that other theorists have done based off of Hall's work, and will be adding it to the page soon. Tang.ca (talk) 18:25, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

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Dear Carolyn,

I think your article is very well-structured and you did a detailed job explaining the model of encoding/decoding. I agree that this topic definitely merit its own article on Wikipedia because this theory is so canonical and a large number of studies in media, culture and society is based on Hall's model. There are a few suggestions I think would improve the article. First of all I think this article needs to be connected to other Wikipedia articles to increase its credibility. I can see from the Stuart Hall's Wiki page that there is already a mention of Encoding/Decoding model but there is not a link to this page. I think the Reception theory article is also a good place to connect all these different theories together. You may also want to include an example while explaining the different positions of decoding to better clarify them. What you did in that section was explaining what the theory was, but can you apply it using a practical example? Also, Hall presented some graphs and charts that easily explain his model, and since we belong to such a visual culture it might be a good idea to check out some graphics that summarize Hall's model. Internet users are likely to look at a chart and get the point immediately rather than read through too much writing. On the other, getting the copyrights to publish Hall's graphics might be a pain. Lavoile (talk) 14:05, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

The intro could probably be altered a little bit as it seems more like a subsection to Hall's page instead of its own article. With the examples (Hebdige and Morley), it would be good to explain how they utilized the method. In that case, it may also be good to move that section below the explanation of the different stages. I also changed the title on the Definition section which I think makes more sense unless there are other interpretations. What are some similar theories that could be linked to (either within the current article or in a "See Also" section)? This would give the article more credibility and act as a launch point for more info. You could also do the same with those articles, linking back here. Source-wise, the citations are good, maybe add some competing theories as contextual contrast?RyanG9114 (talk) 01:15, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree with Lavoile's suggestion of linking this article from other articles. Another place where you could link Hall's theory is the Birmingham School of Cultural Studies page (which I have linked from your main page. I also suggest to move the section on Morley and Hebdige after the definition of the model. I agree with Ryan that the section on Hebdige needs more work, especially because Hebdige does not really deal with media audiences but rather with how the practical and symbolic function of daily objects such as safety pins and dog collars can be changed through subversive appropriations (Hebdige's book is mostly about the punk subculture). There are many other authors you could use here and that I suggested for you to look up in the Media Society reader. Please add references to these authors and read those texts. Also make sure to reference the original texts and not the readers. The readers should only function as index references for you to find those texts.Mdseriis (talk) 01:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

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