Genre & Intertexuality (Steve Neal)

Genre & Intertextuality 

Genre: A style or category of media texts governed by implicit rules that are shared by the makers of the product and the audience for it.

Music: Genres

1. Rap
2. Pop
3. Hip Hop
4. Grime
5. Blues
6. Classical
7. Indie
8. Metal
9. Folk
10. Acapella
11. Reggae
12. Alternative
13. EDM
14. Country 
15. Dubstep
16. Opera
17. Musical theatre 
18. Soul
19. Rock

Hybrid Genre - A mixture between two separate genres combined to make a underground and less known 

Generic Paradigms - are aspects of a media text

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Steve Neale

believes that genre is essentially instances of repetition and difference. He suggested that texts need to confirm to some generic paradigm