Homosexuality Presented Stereotypically

Question 1

Swanson

Answer 1

Extreme and caricatured way in which stereotyping draws on commonly held impressions and assumptions

Question 2

Homosexuality represented as often a

Answer 2

Source of embarrassment or anxiety
- victim being teased or bullied because if it
- male homosexuality dominated whilst lesbianism was ignored
(Symbolic annihilation)

Question 3

Craig

Answer 3

When homosexual characters are portrayed in the media they are often stereotyped as having particular amusing or negative psychological and social characteristics eg Campness, macho, deviant

Question 4

Bennet

Answer 4

News systematically ignores and distorts the lives and experiences of homosexuals
- news reinforces prejudice and discrimination

Question 5

Gill

Answer 5

Suggests homosexuality is represented in a ‘sanitised way’

Question 6

Stonewall

Answer 6

‘Unseen on screen’ found in 126 hours of TV only 46 minutes of it showed homosexuality realistically and positively