Representation

1.What is Representation?

Representation is when you somenthing audition. How example in the differents Reality Shows. The People say about his feelings, how angry there are. But this is all just a Fake. The People just audition. And this just to support the audience. 

This not a real family - it is a re-presentation of a happy family

Questions we would ask when analysinysing represtations:
-Who or What is being represented?
-How is the representation created?
-Who has created the representation?
-Why is the representation created in that way? What is the intention?

-What is the effect of the representation?

2. The Construction and Mediation of Representations

For example: A news photograph may appeear to be presenting us with a factual image but it has been through a process of construction:

-the photographer has selected his/her position, lens, angle, exposure and framing before taking the picture

-the picture editior will decide if the image needs to be cropped, enhanced or in any way altered before inclusion into the paper

-an edititor will choose which, of the many available photographs of the image, will be the one chosen for inclusion in the newspaper and,importantly at this stage, the images which do not meet the needs of the text will be rejected

The mediation process then starts:

-Will the protograph be large or small?

-Will the photograph be on the front  page or, less visible, on page 8?

Placement choices like this, along with cropping and framing, act to focus the attention of the reader in a certain way.

-What headline and text will be used to accompany the photograph?

-Will the photograph have a caption?

-Will it be positioned close to another photograph?

These features will all reach the reader:

-a large photograph connotes importance as does placing it on the front page of the newspaper,

-text can add either a negative or positive connotation to an image,

-by placing pictures next to each other the audience can be guided into making connections between them.

The selection process in summary:

-The decision over what is chosen to be represented and what is rejected;

-The choices made when organising the representation:

-The options taken to focus the audience in a certain way