Lesson 5- Media Representation

Question 1

Near places

Answer 1

• Places we have formed a perception of based on what we have seen in the media

Question 2

Far places

Answer 2

• Places that feels like home where people live in a similar way to we do

Question 3

Experienced places

Answer 3

• Places that we have visited and developed our own sense of place

Question 4

Media places

Answer 4

• Places we see as foreign, alien, exotic or different. There is a ‘them’ and ‘us’ division, with **othering **becoming possible

Question 5

The Paris Syndrome

Answer 5

• refers to the disapointment people feel when they go to Paris due to the notion of near and far places becoming increasingly blurred as people develop attatchments to places they have never been.

Question 6

Photohgraphs

Answer 6

• Perceptions we have are simplistic as people learn through association very fast
• As photo-editing of people is common place, so places can easily be ‘photoshopped’ or filtered to make them appear different and in the case of tourist areas,more attention
• They can be selective in what they show
• They can be useful to compare places over time

Question 7

Textual Sources (Novels/Poetry)

Answer 7

• Novels may evoke a sense of place
  -A feeling that thereader knows what it is like to ‘be there’
  -Some places have become so strongly associated with particular authors
• Poetry can also help to evoke a sense of place, with many poets associated with particluar places
• Alfred Wayneright- biography of lake district

Question 8

The rural Idyll

Answer 8

• The notion that rural areas being idealised

Question 9

Textual Souces (Newspapers) Example

Answer 9

• The Sun news paper
  -Criminalised for disaster wromgfully with the ‘The Truth’ paper saying liverpool fans stole and urinated on dead people.
  -this set the notion amongst the nation that Liverpool is not a nice place to be.

Question 10

Textual Sources

Answer 10

• The role of the media can be instramental in creating ‘place predjudice’
• The city Liverpool is one of a number of (majourly northern) British cities that has historically suffered from a negatively portrayal in the British media
  -unemployment, economic deprivation, gangs, rioting and drug problems were all portrayed as characteristics of the city
  -caused negative scouse depictionsin the late 20th century

Question 11

Television and Film

Answer 11

• Red nose day, comic relief has shaped perception of Africa
• Kes is a great film example of a film thats shaped the way South Yorskshire is perceived.
  -as deprived and melancholny

Question 12

Music

Answer 12

• Acrtic Monkeys (when the sun goes down)
  -“Well live and die in these towns”
  -“You cant go out if anyone calls you cos you cant have a bath when theres no hot water”
  -refernece how a southern audience may perceive this

Question 13

How may media representation link to globalisation?

Answer 13

• Globalisation may feel like it reduces geographical distances through the media