Question

According to Stuart Hall most texts are

• A. Polysemic
• B. Status quo
• C. Dominant
• D. Negotiated

Hint:

Look at the first sentence about Hall.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understand the question.
The blank asks how Stuart Hall described most media texts. The answer comes from the first sentence of the passage.

Step 2: Recall what the passage says.
The passage says Hall rejected the linear model and held that most texts are polysemic, meaning they can carry many meanings. It adds that producers still hope for one preferred reading.

Step 3: Check option 1, Polysemic.
Polysemic is exactly the word the passage uses for most texts. A polysemic text can be read in more than one way. So option 1 is right.

Step 4: Check option 2, Status quo.
Status quo is what the preferred reading tends to support, and it is the name of a position, not a type of text. It does not describe most texts. So option 2 is wrong.

Step 5: Check option 3, Dominant.
Dominant is the name of the preferred reading that producers intend. It is a kind of reading, not the nature of most texts. So option 3 is wrong.

Step 6: Check option 4, Negotiated.
Negotiated is one of the three decoding categories that Morley used for group responses. It does not describe the texts themselves. So option 4 is wrong.

Final Answer:
Hall called most texts polysemic, so the blank is filled by option 1. \[ \boxed{\text{Option 1}} \]