A Powerpoint Presentation developed to explain Representation of women in Music videos. Explores stereotypes and development.

1. REPRESENTATION ESSAYS

2. What is 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.

3. What is Representation? Representation describes the signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation people know and understand the world and reality through the act of naming it Signs are manipulated in order to make sense of the world.

4. Representation VS Reality Different media producers ‘pick up’ aspects of ‘REALITY ’ society AND reshapes them to suit current trends in society that will foster profit-money making for the medium they occur in or for the product they are going to sell. In doing this, media producers use STEREOTYPES as they are a quick, if distorted way, of conveying information because they are easily recognised by audiences. NORMAL PEOPLE IN THE ‘REAL’ WORLD

5. Reality TO Representation in music videos THIS THIS TO

7. Stereotype 1 – an old image: The Burlesque Girl TO THIS THIS 1899 Burlesque girls 1920s Burlesque girls

9. From Burlesque to Music video 2000s THIS THIS TO Lady Gaga ‘Bad Romance’

12. Stereotype 3– The Gansta Hoe THIS THIS TO Gangsta girl in the ‘real’ world-America 50 cent music video stills

14. Gangsta Hoe meets the Stripper in the music video Top rap music videos female artists 2010

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19. The effect of the Representation on girls in the ‘real’ world Gangsta Babies for sale 10 year olds going to a party - America

20. The effect of the Representation on girls in the ‘real’ world

21. The effect of the Representation on girls in the ‘real’ world Pole Dancing Doll Toy