Media Representation
Representation refers to the construction in any medium (especially the mass media) of aspects of 'reality' such as people, places, objects, events, cultural identities and other abstract concepts. Such representations may be in speech or writing as well as still or moving pictures.
The term refers to the processes involved as well as to its products. For instance, in relation to the key markers identity
Found on:
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Modules/MC30820/represent.html
The media represents a variety of age groups, races, religions, genders act. Media representation can sometimes be false and so many of the public protest against it. For example, the younger generation are represented in a very steriotypical way in the media, to be abusive, ignorant and rude. Leaving those who are not amount the younger generation to have assumptions of "teens" which are not always true. Although the media can have a negative representation of things there are also useful aspects such as; useful finds in scientific fields which may be in the news. Media representation comes in many different forms, news papers, tv advertisements, news, magazines ect.
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