In this blog post I will explain what representation is and how it is used within magazines as this is my first FMP idea.
Representation is how something is shown through symbolisation or stereotypes. For example a person, location, country, place or companies.
Locations
Essex - When you think of Essex you automatically stereotype it by suggesting the people are all orange.
England - People think that all British people drink tea and eat a big breakfast.
Abroad countries - Places like the Caribbean and Spain, you think they're going to be sunny all the time.
Places
Castles - You think they'll be really well looked after and wealthy.
Council estates - You think they might be rough.
Companies
Harrods - Rich people would shop there.
Poundland - Poor people would shop there.
Magazines
Representation is shown through magazines in many different ways. Through adverts, men and articles depending on what they are.
Representation is shown through adverts because of something like a make up advert. For a make up advert they are going to use a attractive female to show the make up off because this will show the audience it looks really good, they wouldn't use females that would be deemed as ugly.
In Heat magazine they have a 'Torso of the Week' and for this they use a man who is fit, has a muscly body and is attractive. Again like the advert, they're going to use someone attractive, not a man who is over weight or extremely skinny.
Some more adverts through Heat is TV adverts. Heat advertised X Factor and instead of showing Simon Cowell or Louis Walsh which wouldn't be as exciting to draw attention, they used Cheryl Cole, who was a lot more attractive and it is stereotyped because the people who made it would think Cheryl is more attractive to the eye, so we'll use her.
Resources:
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Some really good points being made here again you are almost at a merit level you just need to progress your discussions a little bit further. The key point to remember when you are discussing a point is have you said why they use this person and why it relates to the reader.
ReplyDeleteThe unit says ' Learners will talk about a genre in such a way as to show how the distinctive codes and conventions of that genre define it, how they relate to the genre and what sort of pleasures they might derive from it. Learners will understand, for example, that audiences recognise the formulaic and often very predictable outcomes of genres, and will derive much of their pleasure from that. Explorations of narratives and representational issues will go beyond superficial points and learners will be able to discuss some of the issues raised by this aspect of genres." You have shown some of these qualities but the discussions on your examples need to be progressed a little further to hit the merit level. Good work though because you have easily passed GC4.