Representation

Representation

In my media lessons I have learnt about representation, and how people can be portrayed to an audience falsely and branded/categorised into a particular class or group. One of the examples we looked at in class was of a stereotypical 'essex girl' we said she would have quite a fake appearance, heavily made up in make up with false eyelashes and foundation lines, she would have blond big hair, big boobs and high stiletto heels, she would also be dumb reasonably stupid with very little common scene. She would also have a typical strong essex accent. The reason we think this is because of the power of the media, they have shaped our view and created a very narrow minded stereotypical character which is used to portray a bigger group/population which is not accurate or true. 

Stereotypes are applied to lots of different types of people, for example: Muslims, the elderly, black youth, teenagers, posh people, poor people, 'ideal men and women', etc.

This advert shows representations and stereotypical views of what it like to be a girl, it shows how boys and girls of different ages all have different  responses to questions they asked and how they represent girls. The video shows the effect of the media and how it programmes the way we think 'girls' should act, it portrays girls to be weak and in capable of doing things. I think this video is empowering for all ages of girls and women as it shows us to be powerful and strong and to not act like the stereotypes we are portrayed to be like.