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AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010
AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010
To explore representation in sitcoms
Differentiate between the terms stereotype, archetype and genre type.
Apply the terms whilst discussing ideas about character types and gender.
Exchange and feedback ideas relating to representation of characters in sitcoms.
AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010
Sit-com conventions Types of comedy Sit-com audiences
Note down 2 things you have learned about each:
AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010
white male (American)
stereotype
mother figure
archetype
transient character
generic type
These characters’ roles carry little meaning in themselves but are essential for the story to
work, e.g. the ‘guest star’.
This refers to a general version of a personality. For example, the "clown".
A commonly held public belief about specific social groups and
a powerful way labeling ‘others’ in society
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A few familiar traits or descriptive features
Individual characters with a complex array
of vales and emotions.
Media theory suggests that all characters exist
somewhere on this spectrum.
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1 thing you found useful
1 thing you need to revise.
To be able to differentiate between the terms stereotype, archetype and genre type.
Apply the terms whilst discussing ideas about character types.
Exchange and feedback ideas relating to representation of characters in sitcoms.
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