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Representation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name

Class

Date

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?

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

10.

Which theorist does this image relate to?

Laura Mulvey

Judith Butler

Stuart Hall

Goffman

11.

I believe that people are born as a man or woman and they already have the innate qualities for that sex.

Essentialist

Social Constructionalist

12.

A celebrity will only appear in positive or negative forms across a range of media texts.

True

False

13.

Propp created a range of characters that he believed could be find in most stories. What are they called?

Stereotypes

Protagonists

Archetypes

Prototypes

14.

What is Spike Lee's idea of the 'magical negro'?

A black character with powers.

A black character who is not human.

A black character who is there to support western protagonists.

A black character who is the protagonist.

15.

News outlets

represent events truthfully and objectively.

represent events by presenting all evidence.

represent events with a strong bias.

represent events to support the ideology of the source.

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Representation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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