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Handout - CDMP Unit 1 Lesson 11

The document discusses representations in media and provides examples from the British TV show Misfits. It defines representation as how aspects of society are presented in media texts. Encoding and decoding are the processes of creating and understanding representations. Representations are constructed through selection. The opening scene of Misfits represents youth as violent, immature, rude, and self-centered. Each character's power reflects aspects of their own personality, such as a shy character having invisibility. While initially representing youth negatively, the show provides depth to the criminal characters, revealing them to just be misunderstood and lonely.

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Handout - CDMP Unit 1 Lesson 11

The document discusses representations in media and provides examples from the British TV show Misfits. It defines representation as how aspects of society are presented in media texts. Encoding and decoding are the processes of creating and understanding representations. Representations are constructed through selection. The opening scene of Misfits represents youth as violent, immature, rude, and self-centered. Each character's power reflects aspects of their own personality, such as a shy character having invisibility. While initially representing youth negatively, the show provides depth to the criminal characters, revealing them to just be misunderstood and lonely.

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Creative Digital Media Production Unit 1: Lesson 11

What do you think Representation means?


A group of individuals have an ambassador in a certain place e.g. a media
product or political group

Tutor Definition
In media studies this mean the way aspects of society are presented to an
audience by specific media texts

Process of mediationPerson, object or event

Medias representation of person, object or event

Audiences knowledge of person, thing or event

What do we call the processes of creating and understanding


representations?
Encoding

Decoding

What are the two ways that representations are created?


Construction

Selection

Misfits
Misfits is a British science fiction comedy-drama television show,
on E4, about a group of young offenders sentenced to work in a
community service program, where they obtain supernatural
powers after a strange electrical storm.

Watch the opening scene to Misfits. Write down how you feel
youth is represented in the scene.
Violent, immature, rude, self-centred, stereotypical, cocky,
sexualised

How do the characters powers reflect the characters themselves?


Simon: invisible- very shy
Kelly: psychic- anxious and self-conscious
Curtis: rewind time- regret for the past
Alisha: makes people sexually desire her- values herself on her
sexuality

Overall how are youth being represented in Misfits?


The youth are being represented somewhat negatively by choosing
criminals. But these criminals, even in the first episode, are given more
depth than just sexualised, rude and self-centred. Towards the end of
the episode you realise that theyre just misunderstood and lonely.

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