media representations

Question 1

Stuart Hall

Answer 1

Media language is used to create representations. Stereotyping is often used to asset power.

Question 2

Lisbet Van Zoonen

Answer 2

Men and women are represented differently in media. woman are objectified as a result of Western Culture.

Question 3

David Gauntlett

Answer 3

We use the internet and other media texts to help us to create our identity. We now have more of a variety of representations to identify with.

Question 4

Bell Hooks

Answer 4

Feminism is a political struggle to end patriarchal domination. Other factors affect this domination, including race and class. Worse for women of colour then for whit women.

Question 5

Judith Butler

Answer 5

Gender is a social construction. ‘Masculine” and ‘Feminine’ are created through repetition.

Question 6

Paul Gilroy

Answer 6

Even though we no longer have colonies*, the representation of these groups are still affected by that time