Assignment 3.
Representation theory- this is a branch of mathematics that studies ‘abstract algebraic structures’ by representing there elements as linear transformations of vector spaces. Representation theory is a powerful tool because it reduces problems in abstract algebra to problems in linear algebra, which is well understood. Representation theory is also important in physics because, for example, it describes how the symmetry group of a physical system affects the solutions of equations describing that system.
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Part Two. Comment on the media producers have distorted the representation of significant identifiable groups with reference to:
Producers can reflect different views on controversial subjects in anyway they choose to portray that subject. Nazi propaganda was huge, and the media played a very significant part in portraying hitler and the nazi part in a specific way. They used newspapers such as The Völkischer Beobachter (”People’s Observer”) It disseminated Nazi ideology in the form of brief hyperboles directed against the weakness of parlimentarism, the evils of Jewry and Bolshevism, the national humiliation of the treaty of versailles and other such topics. The Nazis produced many films to promote their views. Such as the movie the eternal jew,The movie is done in the style of a documentary, the central thesis being the immutable racial personality traits that characterize the jew as a wandering cultural parasite. Throughout the film, these traits are contrasted to the Nazi state ideal: while Aryan men find satisfaction in physical labour and the creation of value, Jews only find pleasure in money and a hedonist lifestyle.
Hollywood always tended to portray black people as inferior in films, and usually white peoples servants and staff. Films reflect the society at the time, so now peoples outlook on race as considerably changed than in the early days of racial awareness. to start with there was few black roles or black actors in films. In the first years of the Modern Age, black actors were often beaten and threatened if they assumed roles that suggested equality. In hollywood blonde women are usually sterotyped as stupid and more an attraction then a talent. The portrayl of women of advertisements has been extensively critisised, and many belive that this has not changed along with womens role in society. Women are used much more often then men in advertisement aswell, they are usually depicted a sex objects.