Representation Task

Representation Task

Class - Newspaper: In the Daily Mail a woman from the upper class - due to her "celebrity" status - is portrayed in a very negative light, I know this as there is an article about a lady named Katie Hopkins saying that she judges children on their names. Although in the article she does approve of the name that Prince William and Kate used for their newborn son, she proceeds to abuse names that she thinks come from the "lower class" and the Daily Mail mocks her for this. To further the mockery of Katie Hopkins they begin to talk about her recently published book "The Class Book of Baby Names", giving quotes from the feedback that Hopkins has received in regards to her book. All of the quotes were mocking Hopkins and her book, one user even called her book "cheap and tacky" and then went on to say that this sums up the author perfectly. The Daily Mail portray Hopkins a critical and spiteful person as they quote some of the more unfriendly things she has said about children's names emphasising on the fact that Hopkins believes children with such names as "Tyler" and "Destiny" will not be successful in life.



Gender - TV Show: A television show that portrays women in a negative, critical way is a Danish chat show called "Blachman", through the duration of this show women walk on and silently undress as the male host and a guest criticize each aspect of their bodies. More often than not, the two critics will say humiliating and demeaning things to these women, but the women are not allowed to say anything back to these critics they must stand there in silent. This objectifies and demeans these women in every way possible. Due to the degrading things these two men can say about the women in front of them, the female gender is portrayed crudely and distastefully in this particular TV show. Blachman says himself that his show is a form of "art" clearly not realising the permanent effect his negative words can have on a woman.

Age - Film: In recent years most films/TV shows/news articles about teenagers portray them as thugs and delinquents, for me the perfect example of how teenagers are not represented positively is the film "Anuvahood". This film shows teenagers talking in a thuggish manner, threatening one another and actually beating one another up; this film also features cigarettes, drugs, knives and guns, giving the impression to the older generation that all teenagers are troublemakers within their communities. This film just reinforces the stereotypes that have already been placed on teenagers, making us seem intelligent and incredibly dense.

Race and Sexuality - TV Show: Glee is an American television show that aired on Fox, and for me Glee is a very diverse and positive television show as it has a wide range of people, no two people are the same in Glee. People that are different races and from different nationalities and people with very different sexualities; Glee is a very open and positive television show. As Glee is set in a high school, its target audience is going to be people of the same age as the characters in the show; this sets a good example for the teenagers watching this show as it sends out an incredibly positive, bright and upbeat vibe telling the audience that you should accept people of all  races and sexualities and just accepting people in general is very important. There is no person doing what is stereotypically "expected" of them due to their sexuality or race, each person is an individual and not judged on their race or their gender preference.