SOCIOL 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Proletariat, Raising Hope, Asteroid Family

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2L03
• Professor: Rhona Shaw

Document Summary

Week 10: media representation - race & social class. Major subject and area of communication research. Movies ), representation perceptions of mainstream media representation of group focus: areas of. Why media representation important in larger society. Affects social groups" role and ability to participate and integrate into. Cultural groups can only be integrated if publicly visible. Are allowed to participate in public discourse. Are able to recognize selves as members of society group and group identity. Media representations also play important role in formation of social. How individuals construct sense of self informed and shaped by. Media texts central to what people regard as social reality types of representations reproduced in texts. To be part of social reality , cultural groups need to be visible in. Ethnic minorities that are only slightly/ not visible become/are. Do not become part of greater social reality. All social groups must be part of media agenda.