AS Media

Representation Assignment

What: Choose a category/group of people and research how they have been represented in the

media. Choose based on the following criteria:

Class, gender, age, ethnicity, regionality, sexual orientation, disability

Find 3 examples of this sub-group being represented in the media. You can select from a variety of

media forms: TV/film/print/advertising/web.

At least one of the representations you choose should conform to traditional, simplistic, limited,

often narrow-minded, stereotypes.

At least one of the representations you choose should challenge those traditional stereotypes by

offering a more complex, open-minded approach.

How: Present your findings as a Word document.

1. Name your chosen category.

2. Name your chosen 3 texts/programmes.

3. For each text, explain the way the category/group of people has been represented. (E.g. the old

woman in this programme is represented as helpless and stupid because everyone speaks loudly to

her and she has a bad memory.) Use images and/or screenshots to illustrate each text.

When: This is due in……………………….

Media representation of crime suspects:

How are gypsies and travellers represented in the media?

First Communion for traveller girl, Scene during the evictions at Dale Farm, Essex,

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (Feb 2012) 2012.