Representation

"The process by which the media present the real world" - Rayner.

Selection process...
* The decision over what is chosen to be represented and what is rejected.
* The choices made when organising the representation.
* The options taken to focus the audience in a certain way.

Questions asked...
*WHO or what is being represented?
*HOW is the representation created?
*WHO has created thr representation?
*WHY is the representation created in that way? What is the intention?
*WHAT is the effect of the representation?

GateKeeping
* A theorist called WHITE (1961) spoke of the 'gatekeeper'' - the people who are part of the decision making process in the contruction of media texts. These include:

-The director
-The editor
-The producer
Etc.

These gatekeepers often white, upper/middle class men.

Wes Anderson.
(Director/producer)

Lorne Michaels
(Editor)

Steven Spielberg
(Director)

The seven areas of representation...

-Gender

-Age

-Ethnicity

-Sexuality

-Class status

-Physical ability/disability

-Regional identity