How does your media product represent particular social groups?
This question is asking you to think about representation- both how we construct presentations of people/ groups of people and also how audiences 'read' these presentations.
A good way to begin would be to define representation. Remind yourself of your AS text book pg 69. Also look at David Gauntlett theory website on my A2 blog.
Let's look at who is presented in your work.
Music Mag students do you have one artist? Do they represent youth. Is it a positive representation/ a stereotyped representation. Do you maintain or challenge stereotypes? How do are these messages constructed? Through dress (costume), language (mode of address), props used? Connotations associated with colour etc.
Video students: Who is presented in your film openings? Young people? Do you have a victim? An antagonist? Do you represent gender? Do you challenge gender stereotypes? Look at Carol Clover theory of 'Final Girl'- related to horror film genre.
How are your representations constructed? Is it through costume, dialogue and so on.
You could earn extra points by addressing a simple question to a peer and film their response and post it? For example, you could ask: Do you feel this is a positive or negative presentation of youth and why?
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