1 - Watch the Super Human promotional video AGAIN...
2 - Select three representation groups. Representational groups may include black people, working class people, British people... or combinations thereof. Use pictures and make notes. What realities are constructed through these representations? How are they constructed?
3 - Copy paste this in to your notes:
Stuart Hall suggested there are four functions of stereotypes that help explain why and how we use them so much. For example:
Ordering system – help us to make sense of the world
Narrative purposes – excellent for media producers
To demonstrate ideologies
Humorous – stereotypes help to construct jokes
4 - Select a TV show you are familiar with. Write down the name of EVERY character that features in this TV show. What character ARCHETYPES (as in types of character) feature in this show? What stereotypes feature in this show? How do these stereotypes fit in to Hall's speculation on the functions of sterotypes?