Representation

Representation is how media texts deal with and present...

• women and ethnic people
• age and national/regional identity
• gender, age, ethnicity, national/regional identity, and social issues
• social issues

All media products present the real world to us; they show us reality itself

• True
• False

Who is the most dominant representation?

• Asian females
• Black males
• White females
• White males

As of 2015, how many media producers/creators are women?

• 2%
• 16%
• 43%
• 77%

Identify the characteristics of masculinity

• courage, independence, tough
• Timidness, fragile, weakness
• dependancy on others, fragrant, passive
• lack of power, soft, unemployed

Who is being represented here?

• weak, feminine woman
• strong female
• Masculine male
• emasculated male

What is meant by the 'male gaze'?

• Cinematic techniques encouraging the audience to look at a female character as an object
• a shot of a man looking out of a window
• extreme close up shots of a characters eyes
• the way the audience reads male characters

Which is not a characteristic of the stereotypical old person

• Grumpy
• independant
• enjoying a second childhood
• burden on family

Which of these show two common representations of teenagers in Britain.

• Hard working, Loyal
• Trouble, Fun
• Generous, wealthy
• stylish, dependable

Which theorist does this image relate to?

• Laura Mulvey

• Judith Butler

• Stuart Hall

• Goffman