Eduqas A-Level Media Studies representation overview quiz quiz

A neutral, transparent reflection of the reality it depicts

A simple list of the camera angles and shots used in a text

A construction of meaning through signs, not a reflection

Exactly the same thing as the literal denotation of an image

A harmless mental shortcut with no effect on power

A particular type of continuity editing technique

A specific camera technique used to frame a single subject

An exercise of power that fixes less powerful groups

Gender is constructed, and the female body is often displayed for a male gaze

Gender is natural and biologically fixed, so the media simply reflect it

Gender does not really appear in advertising at all and so cannot be analysed there

Only men can be meaningfully represented in the media, never women

A war between the sexes in which women seek to dominate men

A movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression

A personal lifestyle choice with no wider political dimension

A type of advertising aimed specifically at female consumers

Gender is a fixed inner essence that we are all simply born with and then express

Gender is the very same thing as biological sex and cannot be separated

Gender is produced by the repetition of acts, with no fixed essence behind it

Gender is decided entirely by the audience as they decode the media text

Simply a heated public argument or debate about gender roles

A particular type of media representation that openly depicts violent conflict

A distinctive masthead style used on magazines aimed at women

Products that expose or subvert the performance, denaturalising the binary

Colonial discourse and its binaries (civilised versus primitive, us versus them)

Nothing at all from the colonial past survives in modern representation

Only wholly positive and balanced representations of minority ethnic groups now persist

A purely formal focus on technical codes rather than ideology or power

Literally watching two television programmes at the same time

Seeing oneself through the eyes of a society that devalues you

A particular type of binary opposition used to drive a narrative

A camera technique for showing two viewpoints within one shot

A single fixed identity that audiences are expected to copy directly

Only escapist entertainment, and never any real resources for identity at all

Tools and resources audiences pick and mix to construct their own identities

A direct, immediate effect on the behaviour of the people who watch

From colour broadcasting back towards black and white production

From the print press towards radio as the dominant mass medium

From factual programming towards purely fictional and dramatised entertainment forms

From singular, traditional roles to a wider range supporting fluid identities

Gilroy's postcolonial theory

Neale's theory of genre and convention

Todorov's narratology of equilibrium

Baudrillard's theory of postmodernism

Describing in detail how a particular group looks without any theory applied

Applying a theory to specific signs and judging reinforcement or challenge of dominant values

Listing every single representation present in the product in turn without analysing any of them

Summarising the plot and content of the product rather than its representations