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LFTVD Question 4 Revision Gerbner - Cultivation Argues that regulation is important. The idea that repeated and prolonged messages in media products allows audiences to construct their own views and beliefs around them. The more people watch TV, the more likely they are to have a negative view of the world - this is known as 'mean world syndrome'. This is most of the messages shown on TV are negative, such as global conflicts, tariffs, etc. People that consume a lot of TV content are likely to have similar views - mainstreaming. Stranger Things: Idea that the government is hiding things from the people and abusing their authority, as shown by the references to MKUltra & the lab. Ideas of gender are conflicting, with some showing women to be domestic, and some showing women to subvert typical stereotypes. Ideas that children are not safe. Lupin: Idea that the rise of the far-right is negative, and that immigrants are mistreated and considered less powerful in society than wh...

More newspaper revision Halls theory of representation The media uses stereotypes to reduce people down to simplified characteristics which audiences can identify Stereotypes result from inequality in power, where people from hegemonic groups want to remain powerful and keep lower classes from getting power. This hegemonic group is typically rich, white, heterosexual men. They have lack of experience with the groups that they stereotype. Analyze the different social and cultural representations in Source A and B. Apply Hall’s theory of representation in your answer. - Introduce the theory and apply it to news - Paragraph on Source A, what is being represented and how does this demonstrate the theory?   - Written, technical and symbolic codes, how do they construct these representations - Paragraph on Source B, what is being represented and how does this demonstrate the theory?   - Written, technical and symbolic codes, how do they construct these representation...