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
