6. What percentage of the main characters in CBeebies were female?
20%
30%
80%
50%
7. What did Gill believe?
women are symbolically annihilated in the media
female issues are often marginalised by newspapers in that the editors see the need to have women's pages which focus on women as a special group
women are invisible in the media
8. Who suggested that the media can create anxiety in young females with regards to body image and identity which can create eating disorders?
Orbach
Ferguson
Wolf
9. Who suggested that the images of women used by the media present a particular beauty ideal through which they transmit a strong ideological message that women should treat their bodies as a project in constant need of improvement?
Ferguson
Wolf
Orbach
10. What is the male to female ratio of speaking parts in prime time drama?
60:40
80:20
50:50
30:70
11. How many men were featured in Sports Monthly in 2008?
177
134
145
209
12. Which magazine did Gauntlett focus her attention on?
GQ
FHM
Zoo
13. 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
14. 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
15. How many women were featured in Sports Monthly in 2008?
53
49
13
19
16. What is meant by the term "symbolic annihilation"?
women's sports rarely covered
womens achievements are often not reported, or are condemned or trivialised by the mass media - achievements presented as less important than looks and sex appeal
