Impact On Peoples Identity : Gender

Question 1

FEMINISTS

Answer 1

• Argue the way women are represented in digital media objectifies them, turns them into commodities.
• enabled forth wave of feminism to challenge patriarchy.

Question 2

BARDZELL & BARDZELL

Answer 2

Argue SecondLife is now a source of virtual porn

Question 3

MALZHAN

Answer 3

Points out GTA shows assaults, rape and murder of women.

Question 4

SAUNJANI

Answer 4

Lack of females working in this field “it’s about role models.You can’t be what you can’t see”

Question 5

NAKAMURA

Answer 5

Women from a range of ethnic minorities are gaining an increased presence in and support from digital communication.

Question 6

MUNRO

Answer 6

‘Call out culture” created where sexism & misogyny are being called out and challenged.

Question 7

LOCKE & PASCOE

Answer 7

Digital communication enables identity cues, those associated with gender, to be masked which can be empowering.

Question 8

HARAWAY

Answer 8

Argued the cyborg age allows people to transcend gender so men & women can create new forms of identity away from gender bound ideas.