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Representation and Stereotypes
By Emma, Lauren and Nathan
Representation
Media representations are the ways in which the media portray particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas and topics from a particular ideological or value perspective. Rather than examining media representations as simply reflecting or mirroring reality.
Gender
Gender is represent in media by masculinity or femininity. Both males and females can be represented as either.
Masculinity- strong, tough, muscly
Femininity- gracious, delicate, beauty
Age
Age is the length of time that one has existed. Age is represented by-
Babies
Children
Teenagers
Adults
Old people
Sexuality
Sexuality is a persons sexual preference or orientation. Some examples of different sexualities would be:
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Asexual
Polysexual
Pansexual
Transsexua
Class and Status
Classes-
Upper Class: social class composed of the wealthiest members of society
Middle class: middle of a societal hierarchy
Working class: those employed in lower tier
Lower class: lower than middle rank in a society
Status: Somebody with a higher or lower status within a particular class.
Physical Ability/disability
Physical Ability- the ability to perform a physical act and with the same mental ability
Disability- the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
Examples: people in a wheel chair, missing a limb
Regional Identity
Regional identity is identification with a specific geographic region of a nation. Some examples if different regional identities are:
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western
Stereotypes
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
Ethnicity
Different ethnic groups are subject to stereotype. Examples of this would be:
A Jamaican person would be stereotypically represented as a Rastafarian person who has little worries about life.
An English person would stereotypically have a stiff upper lip, enjoy drinking tea and be very patriotic towards Queen and Country.
Age
The stereotypes of age would be that the elderly would be slow and have grey hair, teenagers would be moody and spotty, babies would be crying all of the time, children would be really energetic and running around and adults would be sensible, focusing on their career, maybe wearing suits.
Gender
The stereotypes of gender would be that the female would be very feminine, and as portrayed in the media, they’d be delicate, beautiful and shown to have to be skinny and always being the ones needing to be saved where as males will be shown as masculine, strong, tough, and be the savior all of the time. Men are also stereotyped to have little emotions and therefor will never cry.
Sexuality
People will different sexualities are stereotyped in different ways, for example, homosexual males have the stereotype that they act effeminate by liking pink, talking slightly girly and walking similar to female. Homosexual females can either be stereotyped as feminine or masculine, one with short hair and a muscly body and the other with exactly the same characteristics as a heterosexual female.
Class and Status
Upper Class: Posh, rich, stuck up, they hunt, have butlers, the play Polo
Middle class: Play golf, have a nice car, nice houses
Working class: they play rent, have room mates, wear suits
Lower class: poor, work for others, old cloths, they wear there older siblings cloths, not well educated
Physical Ability/disability
A physically able person would be stereotypically fit and able to take part in sporting activities.
Somebody who has a disability would stereotypically be segregated from society. The symptoms of the disability may be exaggerated for dramatic effect. For example, a mental illness and its symptoms may be exaggerated in order for the audience to be aware of the problems that the character is facing.
Verisimilitude
The definition of Verisimilitude is pretty much just the appearance or being true or real.
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