------------------------------------------------- Assignment Two: ’Photojournalism and Representation’ Thomas Hoepker‚ Magnum Photos‚ 2001. Stuart Hall (1978) stated that ’the media define for the majority of the population what significant events are taking place‚ but‚ also‚ they offer powerful interpretations of how to understand these events.’ This quote is relevant to this photograph as it both reflects and challenges Hall’s claim in regards to the power of media representation‚ and can be applied to this example of photojournalism
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people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person‚ which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation‚ in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example‚ if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents‚ the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation‚ which is a type of representation where the constituents have the
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After viewing Miss Representation I was overwhelmed with emotions: outrage‚ frustration‚ and sadness at the unfair portrait of women painted by popular media and culture. I find this topic very interesting and realize that this topic is always going to be highly debated and talked about. Women are often represented in the media in roles traditionally assigned by society‚ portrayed as passive and lesser beings‚ mothers or sexual objects. Both films highlight the impact of mass media on the notion
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Representation of Women In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales he tells many different stories throughout the novel‚ discussing a variety of topics among the lines of marriage‚ sex‚ gender roles‚ stereotypes and religion. This novel was one of the most revolutionary of its time exploring ideas that no other writers were portraying in their works. Chaucer’s work opened up many areas of conversation now and during the medieval ages which Is why it is taught in schools all over the world. The novel
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thing that media does not make popular. This subject happens to be the lower or “working” class‚ more commonly known as the poor. The different medias that society are exposed to usually show poor people as being lazy‚ dirty‚ and often uneducated. According to Bell Hooks essay‚ Outlaw culture: Resisting Representation‚ “value was connected to integrity‚ to being honest and hardworking.” (pg 433) Although she points out that the media portrays the poor as lazy‚ and non hardworking‚ she fails to speak
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Representation of teenagers in Kidulthood (movie) I am going to be analysing the representation of teenagers in the movie Kidulthood. The movie is about teens in an urban area of London and how their lives are; the storyline is based around a day off school because a fellow student committed suicide. From the beginning of the film we get a strong sense of how the writer wanted teenagers to be portrayed in this film. The opening scene is set in the school‚ with flyers being handed around about a
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An Analysis of Asian American Representation in Modern Hollywood Film Gia H. Ha George Mason University An Analysis of Asian American Representation in Modern Hollywood Film While Hollywood has come a long way from blatantly portraying racism as it did in the past‚ it is still prevalent in modern day film and media. For instance‚ yellowface‚ which was portrayed in classic films of the mid-90’s‚ is still an issue in Hollywood today. With the recent controversy following the filmmakers of “Ghost in
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Miss Representation I. Do you believe the media is responsible for the self-esteem and or image of young girls and women? Please explain. Yes‚ I do believe media is responsible for the self-esteem and image for young girls and women. Media is something that everyone sees. According to the video people spend more than 10 hours a day looking at media. If someone spends 10 hours a day looking at media‚ that is almost half of the day. That means that most of the day is spent watching the females in
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What is art one might ask? Art can be seen as expression‚ form and representation. Art as representation is related to mimetic theory (Stremmel 2006). Mimetic theory comes from the Greek word "mimesis‚" which means imitation and representation (Hall 1997).Representation of art began with early ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Plato viewed art as an ‘imitation of nature.’ Due to this‚ art had no knowledge and therefore had no intellectual value. According to Plato‚ art was a copy of a copy thus barely
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Representation of the Character I am playing a character called Jean Taylor from the play Fine ME by Olwen Wymark. The play was first performed at the Richmond Fringe Theatre at the Orange Tree on October 21st 1977; this play takes place in England‚ west London. This play is set in the late 20th century; the plot of this play is based on a teenage girl called Verity Taylor‚ who has suffered from an undiagnosed mental disorder for many years before being admitted to Broadmoor mental hospital after
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