The acronym CAGES represents categories for analyzing representation in mainstream media: Class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, and Disability. The document discusses how media representation of certain groups can be analyzed using these categories, as media products do not always accurately depict reality.

1. Representation
C lass
A ge
G ender
E thnicity
[D] isability
S exuality
The world and society are each presented to us
through mainstream media in a way that doesn’t
accurately depict the reality of a situation.
Representation of certain groups can be split into
categories that we immediately recognize when
analyzing the media products around us. For
example the term ‘CAGED’ or ‘CAGES’ helps us to
simply