Representation in the media, North south divide
Representation of Regional identity:
Regional Identity refers to the part of the United Kingdom someone is from. It could refer to a general area such a “North” or “South”, a country such as “English” or “Scottish” or specific towns such as “London” or “Manchester.”What is regional identity?
Regional identity is identifying a persons identity which is rooted not only in the setting of the film but also in speech, costumes etc and in the region they live in.
How can you identify regional identity?
– Setting
– Accents
– Dialogue
– Props
– Make up
– Class of characters
– Costumes
– Etc.
For exmaple,
Essex– often shown as being glamourous but cheap, footballer’s wives, lots of partying, being quite stupid.
Social Class
Working class Those individuals engaged in manual work,
often having low levels of educational achievement. The classic, traditional
working class jobs include heavy labouring and factory based work.
Middle class Those individuals engaged in non-manual work,
often having higher levels of educational achievement. Classic middle class
jobs include everything from doctors and lawyers to clerical workers.
hegemony
Gramsci’s theory of hegemony can be visualised as the Middle classes (media, Judges (rule of law), Public, Education sector and religious bodies) using their influence to preserve the status quo.
The poor and working class are often represented in an unsympathetic /biased way (trouble makers, deviant as a means of preserving the power of the middle and upper class).
This is illustrated in the attached images
Hegemony (theory) does not only apply to class it is relevant to gender (patriarchy) and race…
Portrayal usually negative and stereotypical,
Portrayed in the form of statistics in news bulletin such as figures of unemployment,
Recent media interest in the labelling of the poor such as “chavs” which according to Shildrick and MacDonald (2007) suggest that the poor are undeserving of sympathy,
Hayward and Yar (2006) – the term chav is used as an amusing term of abuse for young poor people
Representations of the working class
•Newman (2006) argues that there are very few situation comedies, television or drama which focuses on the everyday lives of working class who constitute a significant section of society,
•Newman argues that when in the media working class are often depicted in a very non positive light dumb buffoons (Homer Simpson) and immature machos (Phil Mitchell),
•Butsch (1992) – working class portrayed as flawed individuals (benefit cheats, etc.)
Definition-
Ethnicity
An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population group whose members identify with each other on the basis of common nationality or shared cultural traditions
Ethnicity connotes shared cultural traits and a shared group history. Some ethnic groups also share linguistic or religious traits, while others share a common group history but not a common language or religion.
Race The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics (which usually result from genetic ancestry).
Race presumes shared biological or genetic traits, whether actual or asserted. In the early 19th century, racial differences were ascribed significance in areas of intelligence, health, and personality. There is no evidence validating these ideas.
•Representation of race in the media can consist of the same sort of rigid stereotypes that constitute gender portrayal.
•Stereotyping of race is seen as more harmful than stereotyping of gender, as media representation may be the only experience of contact with a particular ethnic group that an audience may have (especially children and young people)
•Racial stereotypes are often based on social myth perpetuated down the ages.
Gramsci’s theory of hegemony can be visualised as the Middle classes (media, Judges (rule of law), Public, Education sector and religious bodies) using their influence to preserve the status quo.
The poor and working class are often represented in an unsympathetic /biased way (trouble makers, deviant as a means of preserving the power of the middle and upper class).
This is illustrated in the attached images
Hegemony (theory) does not only apply to class it is relevant to gender (patriarchy) and race…
Media Representations of social
class:
Representations of the working
class, poor and underclass :Portrayal usually negative and stereotypical,
Portrayed in the form of statistics in news bulletin such as figures of unemployment,
Recent media interest in the labelling of the poor such as “chavs” which according to Shildrick and MacDonald (2007) suggest that the poor are undeserving of sympathy,
Hayward and Yar (2006) – the term chav is used as an amusing term of abuse for young poor people
Representations of the working class
•Newman (2006) argues that there are very few situation comedies, television or drama which focuses on the everyday lives of working class who constitute a significant section of society,
•Newman argues that when in the media working class are often depicted in a very non positive light dumb buffoons (Homer Simpson) and immature machos (Phil Mitchell),
•Butsch (1992) – working class portrayed as flawed individuals (benefit cheats, etc.)
Definition-
Ethnicity
An ethnic group or ethnicity is a population group whose members identify with each other on the basis of common nationality or shared cultural traditions
Ethnicity connotes shared cultural traits and a shared group history. Some ethnic groups also share linguistic or religious traits, while others share a common group history but not a common language or religion.
Race The term race refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics (which usually result from genetic ancestry).
Race presumes shared biological or genetic traits, whether actual or asserted. In the early 19th century, racial differences were ascribed significance in areas of intelligence, health, and personality. There is no evidence validating these ideas.
•Representation of race in the media can consist of the same sort of rigid stereotypes that constitute gender portrayal.
•Stereotyping of race is seen as more harmful than stereotyping of gender, as media representation may be the only experience of contact with a particular ethnic group that an audience may have (especially children and young people)
•Racial stereotypes are often based on social myth perpetuated down the ages.
Races from ZacnewmanF19
3 Examples of stereotypical races and the way in which they are portrayed, Naby sarr, Dopinder from deadpool and Han from fast and furious.
In this case four key themes in racial representation is:
Exotic- naby sarr, muslim and dresses differently, listens to different music.
Dangerous- Han, from fast band furious, known for being in domonic torettos group but died in a car crash.
Humurous- Dopinder, a comedy act in Deadpool and is deadpools sidekick.
Black Racial Stereotypes
Stereotypes :Positive and negative stereotypes are often seen in contemporary British media.
–Musicians – jazz, hip-hop and soul - Stormyz, aj Tracey
–Sportsmen and women - Naby sarr, Usain Bolt, Neymar
–Comedians, Kevin Hart, Romesh
–Criminals, NWA
–Socially dysfunctional
–Prostitute/sexually promiscuous, Cardi B, Mia Khalifa
–The stud/pimp- Snoop Dog
Archetype and Stereotype difference
Definition. Archetype is a recurring symbol or motif in literature that represents universal...
Type of Character. Archetypes can be dynamic or static, round or flat, or major or minor.
Character. Archetype is a prototype of a character; it is a base on which a character can be build.
3 Examples of stereotypical races and the way in which they are portrayed, Naby sarr, Dopinder from deadpool and Han from fast and furious.
In this case four key themes in racial representation is:
Exotic- naby sarr, muslim and dresses differently, listens to different music.
Dangerous- Han, from fast band furious, known for being in domonic torettos group but died in a car crash.
Humurous- Dopinder, a comedy act in Deadpool and is deadpools sidekick.
Black Racial Stereotypes
Stereotypes :Positive and negative stereotypes are often seen in contemporary British media.
–Musicians – jazz, hip-hop and soul - Stormyz, aj Tracey
–Sportsmen and women - Naby sarr, Usain Bolt, Neymar
–Comedians, Kevin Hart, Romesh
–Criminals, NWA
–Socially dysfunctional
–Prostitute/sexually promiscuous, Cardi B, Mia Khalifa
–The stud/pimp- Snoop Dog
Archetype and Stereotype difference
- Definition of Islamophobia. irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against Islam or people who practice Islam.
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