Media representation

Representation in the media is the way that publications or broadacasters Portray a certain gender, race or group of people. their language actions and things that happens involving them help the public to develop either a positive or negative opinion on the group of people portrayed.  Representation of certain groups can change over time due to pressure from the community being represented to change the way that they are viewed, for instance if a well known TV show had a load of black people robbing shops and starting gang wars every week there would be tons of complaints because this can damage an opinion on the black community making them out to be all