Representations of Ethnicity in Soaps

Negative Representation:
In this clip it shows a white policeman stopping a black man for no reason, this gives a negative representation of white men because it suggests that they are racist because if they see a black person they automatically assume that it's them that might have done something wrong just because they are black.
This could also give a negative representation of black people because

Representations of ethnicity in Films

The Blind Side:

Positive Representations of Ethnicity:

The film gives quite a positive representation of white people in America, because the mother of the family is the one who reaches out tot help the black boy, she is a christian woman, she is very wealthy, she has a nice house a nice car and therefore many younger females will look up to her because they would want to be like the the character that they are watching in the film. It is also shows that the woman is a very dominant character, more than some of the men in the film and so women will look up to her for being a powerful person.

Negative Representation of Ethnicity:
This films shows quite a negative representation of some black people in the film. The mother of the black boy (Michael) shown in the clip, she is seen to be living in a small dirty house, on a rough estate that is heavily populated with violent, aggressive, abusive young black boys, and she has had a lot of children, she doesn't know who most of the dads are and she hasn't seen most of them for years. The wine bottle on the side, shown in the trailer suggests that she drinks a lot and people assume that because of her background she might have taken drugs swell. This creates a negative representation of middle aged black women living in America and that they are not people to look up to

Age Representation

'He's got 10 missing teeth and a pot belly... but he's still gorgeous to me!': Couple with 38-year age gap renew vows on 13th wedding anniversary

• Nicola was 16 when she started dating Joe, then 54
• Joe who was uncle of Nicola's school friend
• Just two weeks after admitting their feelings they moved in together
• Caused huge backlash from families and Joe was called a paedophile
• Nicola still doesn't speak to many of family
• Pair now have four children and plan to renew their wedding vows 
• 'If people disapprove of us it’s their problem, not mine,' says Nicola

By KATY WINTER

PUBLISHED: 11:57, 24 February 2014 | UPDATED: 13:24, 24 February 2014

They may look like grandfather and granddaughter - but 29-year-old Nicola and 67-year-old Joe Philpot are actually husband and wife.

When they fell for each other, Nicola was just 16 years old and the romance caused a huge backlash from their families.

Joe, who is a grandfather, was even branded a paedophile by locals in their hometown of Chigwell, Essex.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2566535/Hes-got-10-missing-teeth-pot-belly-hes-gorgeous-Couple-38-year-age-gap-renew-wedding-vows-13th-anniversary.html#ixzz2uFvZ6A5m
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Audience:
The audience that this article could appeal to could be anybody from the ages of 25- 70 because that is the age range in which the couple are being written about.

Uses and Gratifications:

ASOS

ASOS:
The aim of the ASOS is to sell products to the people go on the website.
People who take the preferred view of this website will be people between the ages between 16-35, and are part of a socio economic ranging from D-B, this is because people in the D grouping tend to be young people and students. It might also appeal to people of a B group because they sell a range of different clothing including some designer stuff which might appeal to people of a higher grouping.

People who take a negotiated view of this website might be people who are older than 35, they accept that the clothes on the website are aimed at younger people, but they are still interested in clothes and fashion, they might look at the clothes on the website but they don't go and buy anything from the website.

People who take a oppositional