LO3 re-presentation

How the media shows us things about society - but this is through careful mediation.
e.g: War

theory 1: Tim o'sulivan et al(1998)
for recognition to work, there has to be a shared recognition of people and places. therefore they have ideologies

• New York city is sunny 
• science places are seen as creepy

theory 2: Richard Dyer(1983)

audience should question the representations they see in the media.

• Atypical

theory 3: Laura Mulvey(1975)

Male gaze

Women are objectified by the media texts and passive objects

audiences are positioned to view women from the point of view of a heterosexual male.

• Anne weying is a powerful woman character. so it goes against it.

theory 4: Stuart Hall(1995), Alvarado(1987)

western white cultures continue to misrepresent ethnic minorities as the media due to underlying racist tendencies

non-white as evil and barbaric

• non white evil man

theory 5: Earp and Katz(1999)
men are violent

• Eddie is not violent and against violence.

theory 6: John Berger(1972)

men act and women appear

theory 7: Edward Said(1981)

first person to be known as a seminal theorist.