The Effects of Narrative Perspective

By choosing the point of view of the story, it is decided how much the narrator plays in the story and the type of language used. The point you choose depends on whether you want the narrator to be the character of the story or whether to make it independent from the story.

An omniscient third-party narrator can occupy the views of all kinds of characters in the story. The omniscient story is a classic story model often used in fairy tales and children's stories. Because the omniscient narrator is not a specific person in the story, it is easy for the reader to ignore it, like the short story "Bath" by Raymond Carver. If the character of the narrator is strong, it can get away from the world of the story and draw attention to itself

In a limited view of a third party, the author can speak a story from the viewpoint of one of the characters, but you do not need to use the voice of the character to convey the story. In this way, the narrator can use any language style that the author prefers. Occasionally we use free indirect discourse. As a way of presenting role viewpoints, describe short paragraphs in the exact way of letters. Jane Austen often uses this technique. It is probably the work of the most well-known "arrogance and prejudice".

The dramatic view is the only truly neutral view of literature. This is a viewpoint of a third party, narrator is not obsessed with the thought of the character, it only reports the affair of the world based on objective witness. The movie camera is the same as recording a viewer who experiences a stage theater. For example, in the story of Ernest Hemingway's "white elephant like a mountain", the narrator communicates the behavior of the character without an emotional influence. Readers need to explain the importance of reporting by narrator

This is the most intimate style of the story's perspective, as the first person's story gives the reader direct access to the story's narrator's view. The first person perspective is purely subjective and exposes the narrator to criticism that it is not reliable. Many authors make use of this unreliable openness like Vladimir Nabokov of the storyteller famous for his novel "Lolita". Nabokov can experience this story through the eyes of the murderer and pedophile His voice is attractive, giving you a deeper insight into his dark story.

The second person perspective is the most difficult point of success. If you do not use it well, it may be troublesome. The disadvantage is that the story is directed to the reader, so that the reader can feel as if told what to do and what to think. When it is executed subtle, it has the same effect as the first person stories, the additional taste guided by the story is like what happens to you. Lorrie Moore uses the second person's story effectively in his book "self-help".

The persuasive power of the mass media constitutes two important points, that is, the viewpoint of direct impact and limited effect. If the message model (see Figure 1) is recognized and the theory of cultivation can be explained, it directly influences the view that the media directly affects viewers. Katz and Lazarsfeld introduced a two-step flow model (information model) when studying the effects of political mass communication in the 1940s. Researchers have found a number of valuable theories and conclusions An important aspect of their investigation was the change in voting caused by exposure to the media (5% of the sample group). Their findings show the terms finite effect paradigm of media influence

In order to understand the very broad influence of the media and to understand the truly wide influence of media scholars, it is important to have a broad perspective on the influence of the media. However, when people consider media effects in their daily lives, they often limit their thoughts to the negative situation that happens to others after seeing too much "content". For example, when exposed to media violence it becomes aggressive, stories of sexually-written media cause dangerous sex acts, and poor language can lead to vulgar expression of groups. These beliefs are also appearing in public opinion polls. These topics are very popular among media effect researchers. This view is useful as a starting point for thinking about media effects, but we need to look at a wider perspective.