process of ‘othering’ (Collins‚ 1990). It is through this process of ‘othering’ and the representations of it that the inclusion and exclusion of groups occurs‚ resulting in the subordination and domination of these groups (Hall‚ 2001). This essay will discuss these notions of inclusionary and exclusionary othering‚ specifically within the South African context. The importance of doing so lies in that various literature has been written on ‘othering’ however‚ most of it explores othering as an exclusionary
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Media Representation 1 Objective: * To understand the mature of representations and stereotypes * Bea able to apply concepts learned to the relationship between representation and ideology as the apply to gender * Socially constructed : We construct the social Representation * Communication is achieved through shared signs and symbols e.g. language * The media communicate with their audiences through a process of representation by using familiar signs and symbols. * The
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Representation in the media plays an important role in today’s society. It emphasized ideologies by demonstrating what is right and what is wrong‚ in other words media dictates our culture‚ norms and identity which are all correlated with each other. Children from a young age learn how to socialize. They learn the basis of the culture that is being inflicted to them by their families and school. From a young age they learn that a girl should be feminine therefore parents would give them toys that
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explanations of the ways in which the mass media represent any two of the following: gender; sexuality; disability. (33 Marks) In recent years gender equality has been looked upon heavily by the government and other institutions‚ they wanted to create greater equality between men and women thus the Equal Pay Act and the Equal Opportunities Act were put in place; this leads sociologists to look at how gender is represented in the media. Within the media equality between genders are slowly changing;
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1) Examine the issue of representation in your media project focusing on one of the following topics: gender‚ ethnicity‚ sexuality‚ or age. In our video project‚ we used Mise en scene elements to make the video more emotional. Therefore‚ this essay will use one of the elements of Mise en scene which is content elements to analyse the representation of ethnicity about the video‚ also points out the issues of representation on our video project. We used two characters who came from NTU with different
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In most modern media portraying illicit drug abuse‚ the addicts are represented as lowlifes. While many drug abusers are accurately represented by this image‚ not all are. This misrepresentation can be devastating to less deplorable addicts who attempt to better their lives. Many addicts chose to search out better lives whether through rehabilitation or striving for success in other aspects of life such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from
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endorsement of cultural stereotypes. Devine (1989) proposed that because of the repeated and virtually unavoidable exposure to pervasive cultural stereotypes‚ both high and low prejudiced individuals will automatically activate these representations when they are presented with representations of those groups regardless of their personal level of endorsement of these stereotypes (i.e.‚ personal stereotypes). Recently‚ Lepore and Brown (1997) highlighted an important distinction between stereotype priming
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knowledge‚ familiarity and cultural background (Maasik‚ S.& Solomon‚ J.‚2015). Within these interpretations there are an array of thoughts‚ behaviors‚ and emotions that manifest upon analyzing what is being watched or heard. In the trailer‚ Miss Representation there are images and dialogue that delivers a strong message on the illustration of gender in society today. The message in the trailer Miss Representation‚ demonstrates and displays the negative representation of women and men in
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the media‚ being Caucasian brings respect and authority. People are willing to hear what a Caucasian person’s opinion is. Whether it is in newspapers‚ magazines‚ films‚ radio‚ and television‚ Caucasians typically receive the most respect and are represented more. On the other hand‚ those who are not Caucasian tend to be shunned or silenced in the media. They are pushed to the background. They are barely seen and their voices aren’t heard as much. Non-whites are underrepresented in the media‚ especially
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and Ethnicity Professor Herman October 25‚ 2010 Over the past couple of decades the usage of offensive stereotypes have played a big role in popular films‚ TV shows‚ music videos‚ and comedy routines today. In fact one can only argue that these offensive stereotypes have increased considerably and will only continue to grow. There are many reasons as to why these stereotypes have only increased and have led to the creators of these films making millions and millions of dollars. The main
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