Modern Family: media language and representation — Eduqas GCSE Media Studies C680
Eduqas GCSE Media Studies · C680
Modern Family: media language and representation
Sitcom
What you need to know
Modern Family, Season 8, Episode 2, 'A Stereotypical Day': an American mockumentary-style sitcom about three related families, first shown on ABC.
Media language: mockumentary conventions (talking-head interviews, handheld camera and characters addressing the camera), its multi-strand narrative, and sitcom conventions.
Representation: how the episode, as its title suggests, plays on stereotypes of age, gender and ethnicity, and how the series represents different kinds of family.
Refer to specific scenes in your own words, quoting no more than a few words of dialogue.
