This is not a pipe!

This is a representation of a pipe

Representations Do media texts present reality?  The media do not present reality. Instead they present a selection of reality  The media version is not a presentation but a re- presentation

Do media texts represent reality?  TV, film, magazines, radio all present a mediated construction of the real world.  Media texts re present the world to us.

Do media texts represent reality?  The media represents people, places, things, ideas and situations through a process of selection and construction

Media representations  Selects those essential elements it requires to convey a message  Ignores or omits those elements it considers unnecessary  Constructs representations for a particular audience or purpose.

 Describe how the brief television item your group made about students at Mercury Bay Area School was not the reality but a representation of reality?

Media representations  The way the media shows us the world reflects the views and attitudes and the situations of the people who produced the text. As media students we need to be aware of this. As media students we need to be aware of this. We need to consider the messages and values that underpin the way the media chooses to re present groups of people in our society We need to consider the messages and values that underpin the way the media chooses to re present groups of people in our society

Media representations Repeated media representations create stereotypes To what extent does this image conform to the stereotypical image of women?

Write a paragraph about a family..  A family is ……….

Representations of families

 Media representations are the ways in which the media portrays particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas, or topics from a particular ideological or value perspective.

Rather than examining media representations as simply reflecting or mirroring “reality,” we need to be aware of the impact of media representations - Representations

Representations  Media representations can serve to “re- present” or to actually create a new reality.  Media representations can influence what we consider to be important or of value  Media representations can influence the way certain groups are valued in society

 Explain why the study of media representations is an important part of Media Studies.