Media representation -
Representation refers to the construction in any medium (especially the mass media) of aspects of ‘reality’ such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. Such representations may be in speech or writing as well as still or moving pictures. - Aber
My definition -
The way media portrays reality hoping to gain a large reaction from the audience. Seeing a story and presenting it on a larger scale to get more of a reaction out of it, for example, A famous actor/actress has been interviewed and they say something small about another actor/actress but then media manipulates/changes what was said to then have a much bigger story they can use, on which a larger reaction will happen.
A clear understanding - thoughtfully applied to an apt example which shows how representation of actors or actresses may be constructed by the press. Also think about how, for example, films and TV programmes represent certain 'groups' or 'types' of people. How will you represent your artists in your music magazine?
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