REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA

Media Representation is how the media portrays group of individuals with different characteristics. It refers to how some aspects, such as gender, age, physical abilities, age or race, are presented to society.

WHY IS MEDIA REPRESENTATION IMPORTANT?

If you can see it, you can be it: this is the idea behind those who promot the poisitive representation of all people, regardless of class, race, physical, or intellectuall capabilities, gender identity, and sexual orientation.

Many experts say that what children and adolescents are exposed to directly influences their goals and dreams. In other words, children and young people determine what they can achieve based on examples.

In the case of people with disabilities, negative representations in the media can limit their aspirations. For this reason, people with disabilities must be portrayed positively in the media.