Media Studies Representation Essay

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Representation Essay

A celebrity is a widely recognized face or famous person. They are usually famous through their career of singing, acting, etc. An example of a celebrity is Brad Pitt who is famous for being a Hollywood actor in films such as Mr & Mrs Smith mainly of the action genre.

        A celebrity magazine is a magazine mainly focused on the lives of famous people. These types of magazines feature gossip, stories, photos, rumours, etc. Some stories featured in some magazines are either made up by the celebrity’s PR or are rumours. An example of a celebrity magazine is OK, Look, Now!, etc. Celebrity magazines usually cost one pound or less and are sold weekly in shops so their audience can get the celebrity news updated, quick, fast and new.

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       Representation is the way which the media represents the world around us in the form of signs and codes for the audience to read. For example 50 Cent is represented as a tough, hard rapstar as the media mainly talk about him associating with violence, weapons and money. As the media are representing him this way most of us think he is a bad person but he could be a very nice person.

      The magazine I will be analysing is Look. Look is a celebrity and high street fashion weekly. It costs £1.30 and ...

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** The candidate has successfully identifies the use of stereotypes in the representation of celebrity. However, they have not supported their ideas with TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, found in the main cover image and coverlines. Also, they have not used many subject-specific terms. They need to say why the magazine has represented the celebrity in this way, in terms of the target audience.