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Representation in the Media - key areas

Representation 7 areas intro from hammonda

Represntation from nell786

Case study revision sheet

Download directly from slideshare website (click on link to go to the file) for the full version. Remember you should have varied case studies for each representation, and a rich text can be used for more than one type of representation:

Ms1 representation table revision sheet from Jaskirt Boora

AS Media Studies - Summer 2011 Exam paper and mark scheme

EXAM PAPER

MS1 As Media Studies - Summer 2011 exam paper from Jaskirt Boora

MARK SCHEME

MS1 AS Media Studies Summer 2011 mark scheme from Jaskirt Boora

MS1 AS Media Studies Exam Guidance

MS1 AS Media Studies Exam guidance from Jaskirt Boora

DETAILED Guidance

Wjec ms1 guidelines for students from Jaskirt Boora

A Block presentations

Age representation pp from 11bhope28

Presentation from bethany1996

Strippers from Rdosanjh1

Representation of Gender in the media

Representations of gender in the Media from Jaskirt Boora

The representation of men in the media from smcmediastudies

The representation of women in the media from smcmediastudies

Representation in the media gender from Craig Osborne

YouTube project nets over 820K views in just over one month

A YouTube video that was filmed and edited by several University of Saskatchewan students has gone viral, with over 820,000 views since publication on April 3, 2013.

The video, titled Representations of Gender in Media, is a school project that was created for a Women and Gender Studies class at the University of Saskatchewan by Sarah Zelinski, Kayla Hatzel and Dylan Lambi-Raine.

The group wanted to show how the media portrays gender roles and stereotypes in advertising.

The video showcases some seriously outdated advertisements that feature overtly sexualized gender roles. The students cast several of their friends in a role-reversal throughout the video.

It’s both eye-catching and thought-provoking.

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. 

Click here to see the full article 

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

Analysing Moving Image Codes

Representation of Age

Age presentation from david-rowland

Audience Positioning and Uses and Gratifications

Representation

Representation in the Media  By definition, all media texts are re-presentations of reality. This means that they are intentionally composed, lit, written, framed, cropped, captioned, branded, targeted and censored by their producers, and that they are entirely artificial versions of the reality we perceive around us. When studying the media it is vital to remember this - every media form, from a home video to a glossy magazine, is a representation of someone's concept of existence, codified into a series of signs and symbols which can be read by an audience. However, it is important to note that without the media, our perception of reality would be very limited, and that we, as an audience, need these artificial texts to mediate our view of the world, in other words we need the media to make sense of reality. Therefore representation is a fluid, two-way process: producers position a text somewhere in relation to reality and audiences assess a text on its relationship to reality. Extension/Restriction of Experience of Reality  By giving audiences information, media texts extend experience of reality. Every time you see a wildlife documentary, or read about political events in a country on the other side of the world, or watch a movie about a historical event, you extend your experience of life on this planet. However, because the producers of the media text have selected the information we receive, then our experience is restricted: we only see selected highlights of the lifestyle of the creatures portrayed in the wildlife documentary, the editors and journalists decree which aspects of the news events we will read about, and the movie producers telescope events and personalities to fit into their parameters. Truth or Lies?  Media representations - and the extent to which we accept them - are a very political issue, as the influence the media exerts has a major impact on the way we view the world. By viewing media representations our prejudices can be reinforced or shattered. Generally, audiences accept that media texts are fictional to one extent or another - we have come a long way from the mass manipulation model of the 1920s and 1930s. However, as we base our perception of reality on what we see in the media, it is dangerous to suppose that we don't see elements of truth in media texts either. The study of representation is about decoding the different layers of truth/fiction/whatever. In order to fully appreciate the part representation plays in a media text you must consider: Who produced it?  What/who is represented in the text? How is that thing represented? Why was this particular representation (this shot, framed from this angle, this story phrased in these terms, etc) selected, and what might the alternatives have been? What frame of reference does the audience use when understanding the representation? Re-posted from: http://mediaknowall.com/blog/