The document discusses the binary structure in media studies, where opposites are paired with one group having more power. It analyzes how different attributes are portrayed in binaries, with the group with less power seen as weak or outcast. These include youth vs professionals by age, women vs men by gender, ethnic minorities vs white people by race, lower class vs upper class by class, homosexuals vs heterosexuals by sexuality, and rural vs urban people by region. In each case, the group with less power is portrayed more negatively.