Representation

Representation from fordford

Katy Perry appears on this month's Elle magazine front cover.
Can you label the conventions of magazines using media language?

• Title
• Main Image
• Anchorage Text
• Sell Lines
• Date and Cover Price
• Website address

What is Reality?

How real is Eastenders, Holyoaks or Waterloo Road? Do you watch it and recognise young people like you or do you think their characters are nothing like reality? Television companies work hard to balance the need for dramatic storylines and enough real life to help audiences believe. But do you think they get it right?
This week, we have been looking at what Representation is all about and how it grabs the audience. Ask yourself why do you buy that £4 magazine because Canum Tatum is staring out from the front cover or Kristen Stewart is there looking really pretty? What is it that makes their image work? Why do you fall for the marketing and buy a product based on celebrity power?

Does the media sometimes get it wrong and show groups of people in a negative, unfair way? Are stereotypes real?

Your homework is asking you to look at how teenagers are represented in the media. You need to create a moodboard or collage filled with different images or phrases used to describe teenagers living in the UK. How are you being represented on TV, in magazines and newspapers or in advertising products? Hand it in on September 20th.