Module 2 Stuart Hall Flashcards
Representation
how media texts deal with and present gender, age, ethnicity , national and regional identity, social issues and events to an audience.
Plastic
can be understood as a combination of synthetic elements put together and shaped to look like meaningful imagery, but which can only approximate depth and substance because ultimately it is hollow and cannot survive close scrutiny.
Color Baiting
promising diverse casting of roles but stereotypes are not questioned or reimagined
Queer Baiting
a marketing technique for fiction and entertainment in which creators hint at, but then do not depict, same-sex romance or other LGBTQ+ representation
Symbolic Annihilation
refers to the absence, underrepresentation, or trivialization of certain groups in cultural artifacts
Stereotypes
an often unfair and untrue belief that many people have about all people or things with a particular characteristic.
Overt
explicitly racist ideas; stereotypes we are used to seeing and critiquing
Inferential
“naturalized” depictions of race to which racist ideas are based on unquestioned assumptions without criticism.
Grammar of Race
built in stereotypes that have been repeated frequently enough to become naturalized
Misrepresentation
the act of making a false representation for the purpose of deceiving, or causing another to rely on it detrimentally.
sign and referent
the sign (representation) is not equal to the referent (reality)
2 key points of marginalization
- men have full range in roles (just as in reality)
- women are limited to stereotypical roles (mother/wife/caretaker)
Ideological Grammar
a logic of racism that perceives and represents a racialized group a certain way
3 stereotypes of Overt racism
- the slave figure
- the clown/entertainer
- the native
Diverse Films/Stories
Statistically do better economically
