representation questions
-How are individuals and social groups represented?
The 'kids' are represented as normal kids for example they are playing dungeons and dragons. one of them being dustin goes up and offers nancy a slice f pizza which shows that he is trying to be kind to er as kids do but her being a teen just slams the door in his face because al she wants to do is talk on the phone to who ever she is talking to. this could have been a boy or one of her friends but who ever it is she is trying t cover from the boys.


-How are the main characters represented through the use of media language? What social groups can they be seen to fall into? 
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the dialogue that they use for the boys is that they are trying to make it sound exciting but at the same time it changes to a light hearted sound that is played throughout the show. the mise en scene for them is that they ride bikes which shows that they are kids trying to be independant
-Which individuals or groups are under-represented in the drama? How do you know? Why might this be? 
Sexuality is under represented in this because they do not have gay relationships in any of the scenes m. This could be because back in the time it would have been set gay people would have been very few and they would not have been publicly known because of how it was look down on 
-Which individuals or social groups are mis-represented in the drama? How do you know? Why might this be? 
Jim hopper is because he is first made out to be a drunk that is all over the place and does not look after his house which shows that he is lazy and doesn’t care. This is weird because the police are always seen as neat and tidy and regimented so that they can get their work done. They are all on time and care for everyone whereas he doesn’t seem bothered at first about the boy going missing -What stereotypes are used? Are any of the main characters stereotypical and if so, why might they be represented in this way? How do we respond to them as a viewer as a result?  
Most of the stereotypes that we see are negative and what I mean by this is that you get the bully’s who are shown as bad and what is wrong with schools today. You then have the teens such as Nancy who don’t seem to care about anything other than being seen as cool and popular and doesn’t look out for their friends and family

-Are the stereotypes we see used in a positive or negative way? 
How much influence will the producer have had on the way individuals, social groups or social identities are represented? 

-Why might the producer have decided to construct this representation? Which aspects of media language are used by the producer to help construct these representations? 

-How are events, issues and social identities represented? 

-What events or issues are represented? 

-Did you already know about these events or issues? Are they usually under-represented or not? Why might they be the focus of representation in this drama?

-How true to their historical and socio-cultural contexts are the representations? Do 

they offer a realistic version of the events/ issues portrayed or a different viewpoint? Why might this be? How does it use media language to achieve this? 

-Do you feel the events or issues have been mis-represented in this drama? Is the representation positive or negative? If so, what reasons can you give for this? 

-How much influence will the producer have had on the way the events or issues are represented? Why might the producer have decided to construct this representation and what aspects of media language are used to create this?