Stuart Hall - Representation and the Media

1. What is the Old View of Representation? 

2. Define & Offer examples of the New (Cultural Studies) View of Representation. 

3. What does it mean to say that representation is constitutive of an event?

4. Define “Maps of Meaning.” 

5. Explain & give examples of the relationship between reality and discourse. 

6. What is the role of power and ideology in politics of representation? 

7. How do we contest stereotypes in the media? 

8. Define hegemony and offer examples (from this Stuart Hall video). 

9. Does stereotypical representation of race ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion have political and social constructed?