This document discusses representations of ethnicity in television and media. It defines key terms like ethnicity, nationality, and under-representation. It prompts analyzing clips from TV shows to identify how many ethnic groups are represented and whether certain groups are still under-represented. It also discusses ethnic stereotyping, caricatures, and how comedy can use ethnic stereotypes carefully. Students are asked to think about media that specifically target audiences based on ethnicity. The document encourages analyzing how technical filmmaking aspects construct representations of ethnicity in a clip from a TV show.

1. Do now.
• .
Use your mark scheme to self assess your
homework on the editing in the clip from
Hustle.

2. Starter
• Watch this clip: How many different ethnic groups can you
identify.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pOsV_lSPE
• The mainstream British media has attempted to represent the
multicultural nature of Britain in recent years.
• Put it simply there are more black and Asian faces on TV then
there were 10 years ago!
• The clip from ‘Casualty’ features at least 5 primary black and
Asian characters. The idea of the ‘ethnic minority' on TV is
less of an issue.
• However as we have discussed how many Chinese, Filipino or
Arab characters do we see on TV? Some group are still under-
represented.

3. Representation and TV Drama
Learning Objective:
To define and redefine notions of ethnicity.
To explore how TV drama uses ethnicity to
create audience meaning.

4. What determines ethnicity?
• Ethnicity is a distinctiveness based on a number of
factors
• What contributes to a persons ethnicity?
• Family origins – where your family are from.
• Cultural upbringing – customs, music and food?
• Personal perception – how someone views
themselves.
• To conclude: Ethnicity is a complex issue – it involves
more than just place of birth or colour of skin

5. What is nationality?
• The place you were born?
• The place you reside in?
• What passport you hold?
• How do we combine ethnicity and nationality
to define ourselves?
• Black American, British Asian, Italian
Canadian.

6. ‘Culture clash’
• Ethnicity analysis, like gender might focus on
how differing ethnicities are- binary
opposites or a ‘culture clash’.
• Eg: Moral v immoral
• Can we think of any other binary opposites?

7. Ethnic stereotyping
• Stereotyping is a simplified or limited representation of a
particular group.
• Task: List some of the common ethnic stereotypes of our ethnic
groups:
• Chinese
• Eastern European
• Pakistani
• African
• Latin American
• Task: in groups make a list of all the media personalities
(actors/characters, presenters, musicians, etc) you can name from
the following ethnicities.

8. Ethnic caricatures
• Can we think of any other ethnic caricatures?

9. Recap
• Define ethnicity
• Define nationality
• What does multicultural mean?
• What does under-represented mean?
• What is ethnic stereotyping?
• Define ethnic caricatures?

10. Ethnic Caricatures- funny or offensive?
• What does caricature mean?
• An over exaggerated representation of a
particular demographic produced for comic
effect.
• Task: watch the opening to ‘Citizen Khan’.
• Is it funny or offensive?
• Depends on your ethnic background.
• How easily offended you are!
• Comedy can use ethnic stereotypes to create humour…but
it has to be careful!

11. Do now
• Look at the key term/concept in
your groups. Discuss what we said
about them last lesson.
• LO: To be able consolidate our
prior learning on how ethnicity is
represented in the modern British
media.

12. To start
• So how ethnically diverse is the mainstream
British media?
• Read the article ‘British TV not engaging ethnic
minorities’.
• 1 Highlight any keywords.
• 2 Write down 3 points of interest in your books.
• 3 Analyse one quote from the report findings in
your books.
• Do we agree with the report? Opinions?????

13. Ethnicity and the media
•Task: Can you think of any media products that are
specifically targeting their audience based on ethnicity.
•What ethnicity are they aiming at?
•Is it exclusively for the one group?
•For example: It could be said that Nollywood films are
aimed specifically at the Nigerian market. That’s not to
say people from other ethnicities can’t watch and enjoy
them!

14. Diverse consumption- a survey
• Task: everyone stand up!!!
• Be seated if you…
• 1- Have never watched a Bollywood film.
• 2- Have ever never listened to music in
Spanish.
• 3- Have never watched a British soap opera.
• What was the point in doing that?
• Conclusion: that the media may under represent certain
cultures but we as an audience do consume a diverse
range!

15. Group Analysis
• Task: Watch this clip and make notes in groups
on how ethnicity is represented.
• Think about the following representational issues:
• The representation of the characters and the
ethnic stereotyping
• Do the characters subvert or conform?
• Does the clip represent multicultural Britain?
• How would you adjectively their
representations.

16. Making links with the technical aspects.
• In pairs. Think about how the specific technical
aspects make meaning for the audience.
• Consider
• The cinematography- angles, shots and
movements.
• The use of sound
• The mise-en-scene
• The editing
• How do these techniques emphasise or tell us
something about a character’s ethnicity?

17. • HW: ‘How do the technical aspects
construct the representation of
ethnicity constructed in the clip from
Compulsion?