Mass Media: Media Representations - Gender

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1. What are the three stereotypes identified by Gill?

  • young physically toned and smart hetero uses sexual power over men, vengeful hetero beautiful woman set on punishing ex, hot lesbian entwined with beautiful woman
  • women hardly in news, barely any coverage of women's sports, women invisible in the media
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2. What is the male to female ratio of speaking parts in prime time drama?

  • 50:50
  • 60:40
  • 80:20
  • 30:70

3. How many women were featured in Sports Monthly in 2008?

  • 49
  • 13
  • 53
  • 19

4. Who believe women were symbolically annihilated?

  • Gallagher
  • Tuchman
  • Gill

5. What is meant by the media representation of femininity "Limited roles"?

  • women seen as just being child bearers and punished for expressing sexuality
  • presentations of women in media is biased because it emphasises womens domestic, sexual, consumer and marital activities to the exclusion of all else
  • lack of women as newsreaders and game show hosts etc
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