Representation of Gender (Women)

Revision Sheets

Within this folder are the REVISION SHEETS that I have used in lessons

AS Media Revision PRINT

Representation:Japanese Pop (J-Pop)

As pop star misdemeanours go, Minami Minegishi's was tame in the extreme – breaking her group's strict dating ban to spend a night with her boyfriend.

Yet hours after a magazine published photographs of her leaving his home last month, Minegishi, a member of the wildly popular girl band AKB48, went on to YouTube to issue a tearful apology.

"As a senior member of the group, it is my responsibility to be a role model for younger members," she said, before ending the four-minute mea culpa with a deep, lingering bow.

The most striking thing about her apology, however, was her appearance. She had shaved her head, a traditional act of contrition in Japan, but perhaps a step too far for a 20-year-old woman whose "crime" was to have found herself a boyfriend – 19-year-old Alan Shirahama, a dancer in a boyband.

Minegishi explained she had decided to cut off her long hair immediately after seeing her photograph, her face hidden behind a surgical mask and a baseball cap, in the weekly tabloid Shukan Bunshun on Thursday.

Her dramatic gesture underlined the strict rules to which Japan's young pop stars must adhere to project an image of unimpeachable morals.

In the YouTube video, which has been viewed more than 3m times, Minegishi said the assignation has been "thoughtless and immature".

"If it is possible, I wish from the bottom of my heart to stay in the band," she said. "Everything I did is entirely my fault. I am so sorry.

"I don't believe just doing this means I can be forgiven for what I did, but the first thing I thought was that I don't want to quit AKB48."

AKB48's management agency demoted her to "trainee level" starting on Friday, according to the band's official blog.

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Shot Techniques

Representation Task

Look at the following article article and answer the following questions

1. How is Kim Kardashian being represented on the front cover?
2. How is Kim Kardashian usually represented in the media?
3. How is this textually constructed?

Pregnant Kim Kardashian Is Being Fat-Shamed, and It Needs to Stop

The reality star has been ridiculed in the press for her pregnancy weight gain. Isabel Wilkinson on why it’s time to end the bullying—of Kardashian and other pregnant women. 

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Audio Visual Task

Study the extract from "The Bridge"

analyse the extract commenting on:

• visual codes

• technical and audio codes

• genre and narrative codes

Audio Visual analysis sheet

Narrative Theories

Narrative theories from david-rowland

Representation of Gender (Men)

Representation and Audience question

Representation

Who is being represented in this episode of Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents?
How are the representations created?

Audience

Who is the target audience for this programme?
How is the audience targeted?
What would be the Uses and Gratifications for the audience?