Representation Paragraph

Scantily-clad women's sizzling selfies are overshadowed by their very messy backdrops.

(P) The media product is focusing on the representation of teenage girls, these teenage girls are posting 'racy' selfies online but there is more focus onto their messy bedrooms rather than the actual photo's they have posted. (E) The technical devices that the producer uses in order to present this group is the large amount of images and captions. The article uses 22 pictures all of which are captioned which is conventional for a media product however, there is less dialogue in the article than expected, perhaps aiming this to a more working class demographic through the fact that they have a shorter attention span. The mode of address used in the article is more of a patronising tone to the audience, saying 'These pictures are guaranteed to make you think twice before sharing a selfie online.' (A) The message this brings across to the audience is that this is an extremely embarrassing thing to do, and that these girls are perhaps seen as a 'disappointment' to society meaning the impact this has on the audience is that they do not want to feel embarrassed, maybe telling them to get their life's together.  This constructs a representation that the girls presented are messy and more worried about being sexualised than sorting themselves out.

Extra Notes

• 'Scantily-Clad Stunners' this chosen lexis is something that someone in their 50's/60's will use, perhaps suggesting that the audience is more older males.

• These images were supposed to go to their other half perhaps (boyfriends) which unfortunately got out, but it shows that the teenage girls are messy and they're more worried about being sexualised than sorting there messy selfs out.

• There are issues with this article that Stuart Hall's Reception theory backs up as we are not sure what reading we prefer, we don't understand how to feel about this article. It also encourages a discussion between it as we are supposed to either find these girls sexually attractive and enjoy seeing these photos of them or we are completely against it and we dislike seeing this and think that they're scummy for doing something like this. 

• Cultivation Theory - If we carry on to look at this article and think what we think about it again and again we begin to grow our understanding of it until it turns into something completely different. 

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