EVALUATION: Q2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I have created a couple of collages on beeclip to show my understanding of different representations of social groups. For example, I took one social group - 'teenagers' - and looked at three different ways in which they are represented by the media. The first representation that I looked at was the wild, uncontrollable side of youths. It shows them to be constantly partying, engaging in sexual activities and just generally being out of control. The second representation that I looked at was the depressed side of teenagers, in particular young women, and the third was looking at the sub-culture label of 'chav', showing teenagers to be no good for anything, trouble-making and intimidating. All of the representations of teenagers are negative, which is a common stereotype used for teenagers by the media.
Although my own film did not focus on teenagers, I found this analysis useful for reinforcing the notion of stereotypes used in films and in other media. My own film opening looked at a man dealing with the loss of his young daughter. This is an interesting representation because it shows the man as weak and vulnerable, whereas men are stereotypically represented in the media as strong and tough, not being stumped by emotional difficulty. It is usually women who are shown to be vulnerable, and so we have challenged general media stereotypes.
I have created a couple of collages on beeclip to show my understanding of different representations of social groups. For example, I took one social group - 'teenagers' - and looked at three different ways in which they are represented by the media. The first representation that I looked at was the wild, uncontrollable side of youths. It shows them to be constantly partying, engaging in sexual activities and just generally being out of control. The second representation that I looked at was the depressed side of teenagers, in particular young women, and the third was looking at the sub-culture label of 'chav', showing teenagers to be no good for anything, trouble-making and intimidating. All of the representations of teenagers are negative, which is a common stereotype used for teenagers by the media.
Although my own film did not focus on teenagers, I found this analysis useful for reinforcing the notion of stereotypes used in films and in other media. My own film opening looked at a man dealing with the loss of his young daughter. This is an interesting representation because it shows the man as weak and vulnerable, whereas men are stereotypically represented in the media as strong and tough, not being stumped by emotional difficulty. It is usually women who are shown to be vulnerable, and so we have challenged general media stereotypes.
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