Media Representation

Question 1

Male Gaze Theory

Answer 1

Laura Mulvey - The theory that suggests that women in film are typically objects of the male Gaze which highlights that women on screen are seen primarily as the objects of desire

Question 2

Stereotype

Answer 2

The use of a limited set of characteristics to represent a social group or type of person

Question 3

Countertype

Answer 3

A representation that highlights the positive features of a person or group

Question 4

Patriarchy

Answer 4

A system or society in which mean are all-powerful

Question 5

Mediation

Answer 5

The process by which a media product represents an idea, issue, event or group of people to the audience

Question 6

Representation

Answer 6

The choices media producers make about how to represent particular events, social groups and ideas. The way aspects of reality may be represented differently depending on the purposes of the producers