sitcom characters

AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010

AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010

To explore representation in sitcoms

Differentiate between the terms stereotype, archetype and genre type.

Apply the terms whilst discussing ideas about character types and gender.

Exchange and feedback ideas relating to representation of characters in sitcoms.

AS Media: MS1 February 01, 2010

Sit-com conventions Types of comedy Sit-com audiences

Note down 2 things you have learned about each:

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white male (American)

stereotype

mother figure

archetype

transient character

generic type

These characters’ roles carry little meaning in themselves but are essential for the story to

work, e.g. the ‘guest star’.

This refers to a general version of a personality. For example, the "clown".

A commonly held public belief about specific social groups and

a powerful way labeling ‘others’ in society

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A few familiar traits or descriptive features

Individual characters with a complex array

of vales and emotions.

Media theory suggests that all characters exist

somewhere on this spectrum.

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1 thing you found useful

1 thing you need to revise.

To be able to differentiate between the terms stereotype, archetype and genre type.

Apply the terms whilst discussing ideas about character types.

Exchange and feedback ideas relating to representation of characters in sitcoms.