Task 3

It has been said that media representations often reflect the social and political concerns of the age in which they are created.

Media Representations often reflect the social and political concerns of the age in which they are created to build stereotyped groups for example the subordination of women and living in a patriarchal society, were male dominate over women as for example in the past women would stay at home as the house wives and the men would go out and work as women wanted equal rights. However even though women got the equal rights  ,women are still subordinated as they are seen as mere sex objects to gratify  men, for example the representations of female celebrities such as models on lads magazines  as well as celebs like Cheryl Cole, Katie price and lady gaga, these celebrities all have individual representations as recently Cheryl Cole has been  in the news for her marriage break up with Ashley Cole,cheryl is represented as Britain's sweet heart as her fame began with girls aloud and then she became even popular with her judging role on the x factor as she then released her own solo single ,She is represented as a glamorous, sophisticated  women .

Although Katie price is represented as an evil heart breaker since her split form Peter André. As she was represented as the dominant one and peter André was represented as the vulnerable victim as the shows of what Katie did next and peters next chapter show the different between the ex couple as he is also represented as the good father .However these representations have become stereotyped within the society in recent years.

However in recent years women have become dominant in some aspects this is shown within society for example Doghouse shows the representation of women being dominant as they are fighting against the men who badly treated their women, to a remote area where female zombies attack. This film uses the horror form to create a powerful message, as these zombie women are out to get these men for treating women badly. One of the first zombies seen is a corpse bride attempting to attack with a knife. The corpse bride instantly signifies a spinster, who possibly didn’t get married or was left at the altar by a man, highlighting her reasons for revenge. Although some might argue it’s a post feminist text, as where these men are misogynistic, the women attempt to destroy these men in order to regain equality.

A similar example to this is Ashes to ashes, a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series on BBC one. The series tells the fictional story of Alex Drake, a female police officer in service with the London Metropolitan Police, who is shot in 2008, and inexplicably regains consciousness in 1981.the male police officer Gene Hunt is portrayed as politically incorrect, brutal and corrupt as well as mysoginist.As he is surprised to find out that Alex drake is a female officer. As at the beginning she is dressed in a short skirt and fur coat as very provocative, therefore he assumes she’s a prostitute. This shows the patriarchal views of society in the 1980s as women still had their equal rights they were still subordinated in a patriarchal society.

Although another example of this is celebrities as female celebrities are also still subordinated as celebs such as Cheryl Cole and Katie price are represented from two different opposites such as Cheryl Cole as Britain’s sweet heart as she has become very popular since her judging role on the X factor as well as Katie prices and her relationship with and after peter André, she is represented as a heart breaker as peter andre is represented as the innocent victim.

To conclude, I think that media representations do reflect social and political concerns as Media representations do reflect the age that they are created. The representations of both women and the working class have changed over time, and reflect the views of society at the time.