| Assumptions | That which is presumed to be the case. Assumptions may be stated or unstated and warranted or unwarranted. To assess an argument, it is recommended that all key assumptions are made explicit so they can be evaluated.
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| Authenticity | That which forms the basis for personal integrity and self respect, including being true to oneself. The authentic person leads a life of virtue.
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| Censorship | The editing of creation or performance or prohibiting any part of it to be seen or otherwise exhibited presumably because of aspects deemed offensive to the public taste or morality.
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| Description | A characterization the purports to represent a situation based on fact and, thus, can be theoretically verified. In film and TV the descriptive dimension is said to reflect on the society or individuals within the society as they actually are (vs. what they could be).
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| Ethical and Spiritual dimension | The aspects of film and TV that relate to religion, faith, values, and morality. TV and film expose us to a set of values and beliefs--and some reflect the values of the dominant society.
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| Exaggeration | Inflating or distorting something in order to achieve a desired effect.
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| Factual claims | Assertions that purport to be true--in this case about a film or TV show.
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| Fallacious reasoning | Reasoning that contains at least one fallacy. Such reasoning may be persuasive but it is inherently flawed.
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| Film review | A commentary on a film that includes some or all of: plot, character development, evaluation or rating, justification for assessing the film or its components (such as the acting), and a detailed argument about the film.
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| Frame of reference | The perspective or point of view. This is the answer to the question, "From whose perspective is the story being told?"
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| Hermeneutics | A German word meaning "theories of interpretation." According to the framework used in assessing an artwork or literary text, we arrive at different sorts of interpretations.
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| Inauthenticity | That which prevents us from leading a life of integrity and being true to oneself--such as conformity, deceit and trickery, and so on. The inauthentic person has lost hold of being virtuous and lets others define his or her direction and choices.
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| Justice Dimension | The aspects of film and TV that relate to law, justice, and injustice. Issues of justice are expressed in film in the treatment of the law, the legal system, and legal concepts, the portrayal of crime and punishment, reparations and revenge.
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| Mythological dimension | The aspects of film and TV that relate to mythology, such as the hero, villain, healers or shamanic figures, use of magic, monsters, the underworld, metamorphosis, and so on.
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| Philosophical Dimension | The aspects of film and TV that relate to questions of meaning about reality, humanity, and the nature of the universe. This includes philosophical concepts and themes that are raised in films--such as raise metaphysical issues about personal identity, memory, consciousness, authenticity vs. inauthenticity, and freewill vs. determinism.
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| Prescription | A recommendation. Prescriptions can be written in the form of "This ought to be done" or "This ought not to be done" or related claims (such as "X ought/ought not do Y"). The prescriptive dimension of film and TV offer at least one recommendation for a desired transformation of the society or individuals within the society.
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| Social dimension | The aspects of film and TV that relate to social and political structures and concerns; such as class, gender, race, issues of living in community, oppression vs. liberation, and so on.
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| Systemic violence | Violence that is found throughout a work or performance, as opposed to being present in one scene or aspect of the work.
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| Thematic approach | A thematic approach to film or TV presents an analysis within a particular framework or theme (such as justice vs. injustice, good vs. evil, psychological, existential, etc.). When doing a thematic approach, our goal is to be single-minded. Stay focused on the central theme and go into depth, citing examples to back up points.
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