representation theories

Question 1

Theories of representation - Stuart Hall

Answer 1

• The idea that representation is the production of meaning through language, with language defined in a system of signs.
• Stereotyping as a form of representation tends to occur where there are inequalities of power, as subordinate or excluded groups are constructed as different or “other”

Question 2

Theories of identity - David Gauntlett

Answer 2

• The idea that the media provide us with ‘tools’ or resources that we use to construct our identities.

Question 3

Feminism - Van Zoonen

Answer 3

The idea that women’s bodies as objects to be looked at at its core elements of western patriarchal culture.

Question 4

Feminism - Bell Hooks

Answer 4

The idea that feminism is a struggle to end sexual/patriarchal oppression and the ideology of domination.

Question 5

Theories of gender performativity - Judith Butler

Answer 5

The idea that identity is performatively constructed by the very “expressions” that are said to be its results (it is manufactured through a set of acts)