LIT 8 - Kasinsky Tailhook Flashcards
What does Kasinsky aim to demonstrate in the Tailhook article?
By examining the Tailhook incident, the author aims to demonstrate how media coverage reinforced the dominant view of sexual harassment in the military
How do the media function? Kasinsky Tailhook
The media construct socially thinkable and accountable reality. This process is called the “dominant ideology”
What are the four phases of media coverage identified in this study? Kasinsky Tailhook
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Phase 1: Business as usual—not yet a media story.
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Phase 2: Vistica and Coughlin speak out about sexual harassment in the Navy.
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Phase 3: Media cover-up and the sexual harassment pentagon.
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Phase 4: Women legislators challenge dominant ideology
What methods did the Kasinsky Tailhook Study employ?
The study examined newspaper and magazine texts from 1991 through 1995 using The New York Times, The Washington Post, The San Diego Union Tribune, and popular magazines
What was the tailhook incident?
The Tailhook incident was a scandal involving the sexual harassment and assault of women by naval aviators at a conference in Las Vegas in 1991
What is Hegemony? tailhook kasinsky
Hegemony refers to the various means through which those who support the dominant ideology are able to reproduce that ideology in cultural institutions and products such as the media
What were some of the unique features of the 1991 Tailhook Convention? Kasinsky
Some unique features of the 1991 convention were that it was held after the Persian Gulf War, had a larger number of female officers attending, and many of the men resented the women’s presence, leading to sexist and harassing behavio
When did the Tailhook incident become public? Kasinsky
The Tailhook incident became public in October 1991 when a military reporter published a story in the San Diego Union Tribune
How did the media initially respond to the Tailhook scandal? Kasinskyn
The media initially downplayed the Tailhook scandal and the Navy tried to keep it out of the media
How did Lt. Paula Coughlin’s public appearance change the media’s reporting on Tailhook? Kasinsky
Coughlin’s public appearance brought a woman’s voice to the story and forced the media to redefine the Tailhook story as one of sexual harassment
How did the Navy attempt to cover up the sexual harassment at Tailhook? Kasinsky
The Navy protected powerful figures, blamed junior officers and women, and downplayed the severity of the incidents
How did Senator Patty Schroeder (D-CO) become involved in the Tailhook scandal? Kasinsky
Schroeder demanded congressional hearings on Tailhook in July 1992 because it had become a new target of sexual harassment largely because she had demanded congressional hearings on Tailhook
What did the Pentagon investigation into Tailhook reveal?
: The Pentagon report focused on internal Navy cover-up of Tailhook and avoided negative publicity
How did the media portray the male aviators involved in Tailhook? Kasinsky
The media portrayed the men as victims who had been betrayed by the movement against them
What was the outcome of the Tailhook scandal?
The careers of Coughlin and Pope were prematurely ended and Kleso was forced into early retirement, though they received military honors and high military pensions
