What is Representation? (symbols/icons)

Representation relates to the representation of reality in media. Representation in the media is often used on social groups. Whatever representation are used, there an ideology, meanings and values are implicit in that representation. We can only judge by the representation we are given in the media. Media representation is a key concept as media representation is everywhere and its not hard to receive them. However, the media representation is mostly influenced in a negative way. Newspapers, in particular, are often accused of starting moral panics by the way they present people or groups. For example, the media put thin, tall female models trying to get the public to follow a strict diet in order to be beautiful. Therefore, this can be seen to influence social attitudes in many ways.

There are many ways of categorizing people and place in terms of representation such as Age, Disability, Gender, Race, Nationality, Sexuality and so much more. Representation of groups often become stereotypes for example, gender and sexuality can sometimes be very stereotypical and really offensive.Representation mostly talk about ideology, Genre, audience, institution and types of representation. In ideology we know what representation to expect. In genre, representational almost always defined by the genre. In audience, the relationship between audience and representation is complex. In institution all representations must also be analysed in the context of the institution creating the representation. Representation of people are the most common types of representation to analyse. Representation are a very powerful way on conveying a lot of information to the audience.

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