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Representation . A2 Media . What is representation?. Media images do NOT present the world directly Images are a CONSTRUCT – a rePRESENTATION Images can be represented over and over which makes them appear more real Therefore, some images are MARGINALISED
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Representation A2 Media
What is representation? • Media images do NOT present the world directly • Images are a CONSTRUCT – a rePRESENTATION • Images can be represented over and over which makes them appear more real • Therefore, some images are MARGINALISED • This impacts on the way groups are treated socially
Complications of representation • Increased possibility of ‘self representation’ through digital media • ‘Re-mediation’ – all media, when they are new, adapt previously existing media • Film and TV remediate forms of representation • ‘Refraction’ relates the idea of re-mediation to the demands of these forms
Youth Stereotypes • Contemporary representations of youth tend to focus on crime, gangs, education and social exclusion • Negative representation can be seen as a means of controlling young people. (reactionary ideology) • “You frighten the population, terrorise them, intimidate them so that they’re too afraid to travel and cower in fear…there’s always an ideological offensive that builds up a chimerical monster, then campaigns to have it crushed” (Noam Chomsky, 1997)
1960s cinema – angry young men films • Political views were liberal • Narratives focused on social alienation • Often expressed critical views on society • Tended to focus on the working classes in the North of England • Cycle only lasted from 1960-1964
Conclusion • rePRESENTATION • Remediation and Refraction • Stereotypes and reactionary ideologies • Angry young men to angry young people • Marginalised representations and oppositional readings