Hannah Montana (The Stuwarts)

1. How are the famlies in these texts represented typically? How is this representation constructed?

This text shows the family from the teenagers POV rather than a traditional parent POV. Miley always gets what she wants in the family possibly because she is the protagonist and the text is surrounded by her.

Miley: Smart, cheeky, always gets into fights with her brother- a dominat representation of a sister (but usually wins)
Always gets what she wants from her dad by sweet talking- typical stereotype of teen daughters

Jackson: Annoying brother, immature older brohter- typical stereotype of teen boys

Robbie: Easily persuaded by children, lonely, mother and father like qualitues

2. What insitutions are involved in these texts and do they affect the representations of these families?

Hannah Montana is aired on Disney Channel: This is an independant broadcasting company and therefore has its own ideologies presented in its texts. Though the family unconventionally has no mother figure (as she died), it doesn't make it the focus of the text- suggesting that life's difficulties don't always have to be the main focus (postive and optimistic ideologies for young audiences.)

3. The role of politics and the media

Hannah Montana: The father figure plays both parental role e.g. at times he is immature, childish and lazy like stereotypical representations but at times he plays a sensible caring parent (mother like qualities- therefore an androgenous character).