Media Representation

This is how certain people and stereotypes such as homosexuals, people of different race, etc are represented in the media industry in television programmes, film and the radio. This is because if a certain stereotype is represented in a negative way then everyone that watches that programme will then think negatively of that specific stereotype. Representation in particular programmes are chosen by the director or writer so are there for their own opinions and not necessarily what people are actually like.

An example where a certain representation is shown negatively is in Hollyoaks when a gay man named Brendon beats up men that he likes and is also shown as a bad person as he has killed people, however in the same programme there is another gay person who is shown more positively, so this shows that not all gay people are like that, they are all different.  A representation is a generalisation of a group or place etc and are used in the media as a short cut to communication which means that the audience will understand certain things without having to directly be told.