Representation

Representation Mediation •Is when something is taken in reality and changed in its form for example a person or an event and changed its for to produce whatever kind of text we end up with e.g. -When you are watching a comedy show we might end up watching a half an hour broadcast but it was been adjusted for a couple of hours. The jokes are repeated until its “just right” and the audience have been trained to laugh in a particular way. This whole comedy show will have been mediated. Three things to look for Selection – whatever ends up in the magazine has been decided for you depending on what the target audience is interested in for example, the articles, pictures etc. Organisation – In visual media the various elements that will be organised carefully involves the nise-en-scene and the organisation of narrative. Focusing – it’s decided for us what we should find interesting for example on the front cover of a magazine the “interesting” topics will be in bold or an interesting character will be zoomed into. Representation A representation is a description or depiction of something. It is also a symbol or something that stands for something else. The constructionist view Constructionists feel that a representation can never just be the truth or the version of the trust that someone wants you to hear since you are ignoring the ability as an individual to make up your own mind. Any representation is a mixture of: • The thing itself • The opinions of the people doing the representation • The reaction of the individual to the representation • The context of the society in which the representation is taking place Ideology An ideology is views about how things should ne and how people should behave and the ideology that is shared byy the majority of the people in a culture is called the dominant ideology.