Representation of Miley Cyrus

The picture on the left is from the daily mail newspaper. This news article represents Miley Cyrus to be surrounded by drugs in a recording studio. Miley is representing herself as a young girl who has become very successful but has ended up involved with drugs.

The encoders of article are the journalist and editors of Daily Mail have represented Miley has a popular and successful woman involved with drugs and alcohol. The editors have labelled all the drug substances on the table so the readers know what the drugs are

The decoders of this article would think Miley is an irresponsible woman who has many admires who grew up with Miley watching her on Hannah Montana and then growing up to be a intense drug taker.  Some of Miley's audience would be very young and seeing this images of her could be shocking.

In Miley's 'Bangerz' album cover she is representing herself as innocent as she is biting her finger which suggest innocence but then her outfit and body language gives a complete opposite representation as her outfit is quite short and her body language comes across as sexy.

The encoders of this album cover which is mainly the photographer. They represent Miley  has a young woman but a sex icon. Miley is biting her finger and got her body angled so her bum is pointing towards the camera, she also is making eye contact with the camera. This makes her come across as a little flirty and sexy so the male audience would be attracted to this album cover.

The decoders of this album cover represent Miley has a sex icon for men and woman as in other photos on her social media she likes to photograph herself naked which is why the decodes see her as a sex icon.





Miley represented her self as a young successful girl who is admired by thousands of young people around the world. She is in a Disney magazine which shows she is a Disney star so her target audience would be young 10 year old girls who admire her and dream of being her.

The encoders of this Disney Magazine which are mostly the photographer and editor. They represent  Miley has a very young innocent girl. She is very successful because she is a Disney star

The decoders would admire Miley and dream to be her. The preferred reading would be that Miley is a young sweet girl who has become very successful.

In this Rolling Stones magazine cover Miley represents herself as an sex icon for men and woman as she appears to be showing her cleavage but she also represents herself as an independent woman who has an bright open mind and doesn't care what anyone else thinks.

The encoders of this magazine are the photographer and editors. They represent Miley to be a young sexy woman. She is topless in the picture who suggest that she is very confident with her body but this also suggests that she is a sex symbol because men would see her naked and be attracted. She has her tongue out and seems to be licking her skin which makes he come across and flirty and sexy, again making her a sex symbol for men and woman.

The decoders of this would think Miley is young woman who is trying to get the point across that woman should be happy with their body and they shouldn't be embarrassed about it. The woman audience might see her as a role model to them and the younger audience.