This document compares and contrasts different elements of representation in media, including status, audience position, and their construction. It examines how status and hierarchy are implied through denotation and connotation, and whose side the audience sympathizes with by looking at empathy, audience position, and how these are constructed through denotation and connotation. Key concepts explored include status, authority, sympathy, empathy, and how representation is achieved through techniques like stereotypes, archetypes, prevalence and emphasis.