Evaluation Q.2 - How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Kellie Ward

Representation is... the way in which people/a group of people/social organization is portrayed, and the media does not always reflect true reality; it instead moulds these things in a way that is subjective to their specific media text and therefore emphasises true reality and creates a stereotypical view on the particular person/place given (e.g. Tv drama exaggerating masculinity - Life on Mars).

The main areas which are represented by the media are:

Ethnicity

                                         Social class

          








Ability/disability                                                         Gender

                      Age                                                                                                    Regional identity

Sexuality 

The stereotypes that we represented in our film opening are gender (female), age (young), social class (working class), and ability.