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Today we looked at how men and women are represented in the media. I asked you to do some research paying particular attention to stereotypes, archetypes and their antithesis, i.e. the reverse-stereotype (what we would not expect to see).
In previous lessons we looked at how a particular group or occupation were represented, for example, the police. How they are represented on TV might be different to how they are represented in a quality daily newspaper. Remember also, previous work we did on representation and how mediation works. This is where the real image is altered or distorted by a third party (the media) before it reaches us. Sometimes this is obvious, whilst at other times it is much more subtle.
Today you will be acting as the Gatekeeper in our newspaper exercise. You will be given an information sheet which will contain all of the news stories and content that could be considered for a fictional newspaper front page. In your group you will act as an editorial meeting to discuss what to include and how much prominence to give each story. You must have a final mock up for your front page completed by the end of the lesson and be ready to explain why you have made the decisions that you have using appropriate media theories and ideas. You may reference News Values and even consider whether your newspaper is a broadsheet or tabloid and consider the appropriate target audiences for the paper.
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