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