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Representations and stereotypes
- 1. BY TAYLOR, SOPHIE AND TINA REPRESENTATIONS AND STEREOTYPES
- 2. Media representations are the way in which the media portrays a particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas or topic form a particular perspective. REPRESENTATIONS
- 3. • Male and Female are not representations of gender where as masculine and feminine are. REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER
- 4. • Babies • Toddlers • Children • Teenagers • Young adults • Adults • Elderly people REPRESENTATION OF AGE
- 5. • British • American • Greek Cypriot • African • Australian • Turkish • Mexican REPRESENTATIONS OF ETHNICITY
- 6. • Heterosexuality • Homosexuality • Bisexuality • Asexuality • Poly sexuality • Pan sexuality • Tran sexuality REPRESENTATIONS OF SEXUALITY
- 7. Class • Upper class • Lower class • Second class • Middle class • Working class Status • Leader • Beginners • Royals • Government • Parents REPRESENTATIONS OF CLASS AND STATUS
- 8. REPRESENTATIONS OF PHYSICAL ABILITY/ DISABILITY
- 9. • Country side • Essex • City • Village • Newcastle • London • Norfolk REPRESENTATION OF REGIONAL IDENTITY
- 10. STEREOTYPES Stereotypes are the grouping of things due to the way they are presented. Mainly of people.
- 11. Old people: • Grey hair • Wrinkles • False teeth • Bad hearing • Crippled AGE STEREOTYPES Teenagers: • Spotty • Loud • Listen to music • Moody Babies • Snotty • Stupid • Small • Chubby • cute
- 12. Feminine: • Like pink • Like flowers • Like cooking • Like make up GENDER STEREOTYPES Masculine: • Like cars • Like Blue • Like getting dirty • Like science
- 13. French people: • Sell onions • Eat snails, French stick and frogs legs • Wear stripes • Wear berets ETHNIC STEREOTYPES Jamaican people: • Eat jerk chicken • Wear colourful hats • Have dread locks • Bob Marley • Smoke ganja English people: • Gentlemen and ladies • Wear top hats • Wear bowler hats • Play polo and tennis • Have walking sticks • Drink tea
- 14. Homosexual males: • Camp • Wear pink • Act feminine • Get highlights • Care about there looks SEXUALITY STEREOTYPES Homosexual females: • Butch • Act manly • Have piercings • Act masculine • Have cropped hair
- 15. Upper class/Posh people • Snobby • Rude • High self importance • Have private education CLASS AND STATUS STEREOTYPES Lower class people • Live in council flats • Live on benefits • Have wreckless children • Get in trouble with the law Business people • Carry a brief case • Travel on trains • Read broad sheet news papers • Wear suits and ties
- 16. People in wheelchairs • Are nerds • Wear glasses PHYSICAL ABILITY AND DISABILITY STEREOTYPES Physically able people • Are sporty • Go to the gym • Look after their body Physically disabled people • Are week • Helpless • Needy • A burden • Pitiful • Bitter (chip on shoulder)
- 17. People live in the country • Live on a farm • Wear informal clothes • Have a country accent • Are not very clever/uneducated • Laid back • Own a gun REGIONAL IDENTITY STEREOTYPES People from cities and towns • Have well paid jobs • Wear suits • Travel on trains • Live in modern pent houses People from Newcastle • Wear Tarty clothes • Party a lot • Don’t have self respect • Drink a lot • Work out People from Essex • Dress up smart • Wear dresses • Fake tan • Fake nails • High heels • Speak in a particular way
- 18. Verisimilitude is the quality of appearing to be close to real life. For example a TV soap, such as EastEnders is not real life because no one lives life like they do. TV dramas take the basics of life and over exaggerates it VERISIMILITUDE