Representation

Jenny Kidd is Lecturer in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University. Her research interests include digital media, museums and participation. She is the author of Museums in the New Mediascape (2014) and co-editor of Challenging History in the Museum (2014) and Performing Heritage (2011).

• Introduction: The Ongoing Significance of Representation 1. Theories of Representation 2. Language as Power 3. Self-representation Online 4. Reality TV 5. The Mediated Past 6. Subversive and Alternative Media Messages Bibliography

"This book charts new and competing realities coming together to shape culture, society and people in powerful ways through media representation. To focus upon ‘representation’ is more important now than ever before. 'Produce' or 'be produced' goes the saying, and this book offers unique ways of evaluating the representational strategies at play."Joanne Garde-Hansen, Associate Professor Culture, Media and Communication, University of Warwick"Jenny Kidd's extraordinary intellect, wit and scholarship remind us that representation is always contested. Her lively discussion of ethical considerations wrought evermore complex by a continually evolving media landscape are noteworthy for their commitment to the human qualities which drive us to conceptualise both media and representation. Her discussions of ‘under’ and ‘mis’ representation offer genuine insights into the construction of meaning in a media-saturated global environment. A reader for generations to come."Angelina Russo, Professor of Cultural Practice, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra