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traditional media

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single mode of communication (tv) to a mass audience

one > many

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new media

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the emergence of new forms of communication that have appeared in the last 25 years including: smartphone technology, laptops and digital tv

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the power of the media
BAUMAN 2007

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suggests during that last 30 years more info has been produced in the world that the last 5000yrs

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control of the media

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2010 equality act - forbid opinions against ethnicity/religion

laws of libel - forbids untrue statements

ofcom media regulator

IPSO (newspaper)

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govt’s influence and control of media output

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leaks/off-the-record briefings reported ‘sources close to the govt said’

refusal to issue broadcasting licences to those deemed unfit

press conferences provide official govt position on issue

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media and ideology (marxism)

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acts as a ISA -

induces a false consciousness about people’s real interests

+ everyone benefits from the present organisation of society (presented as fair)

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instrumentalist/manipulative view of media owners/content

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directly control media content and manipulate the audience

spreads dom ideology

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instrumentalist/manipulative view of managers + journalists

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limited by what owners tell them to do

curran + seaton - media owners did interfere + manipulate content (at the expense of journalists) to protect their interests.

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instrumentalist/manipulative view of audiences

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passive audience who unquestioningly swallow the readings and interpretations

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instrumentalist/manipulative view - CRITICISMS

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state regulates media so no one person/company have too much control.

audiences not gullible/manipulative - may reject interpretations fed to them

pluralists/neophilliacs - growth of cit journ give power to ordinary people to give their turn of events

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dominant/hegemonic approach view on media + ownership

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media spread dom ideology legitimizing the power of ruling class

owners - dont have direct control but some influence

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hegemony

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dominance + acceptance of ruling class - other classes are persuaded to accept beliefs and form consensus that becomes part of everyday common sense.

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dominant/hegemonic approach view on Glasgow Media Group

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white male journalists - white-centric view (limited views and opinions)

encouraged to think about some events more than others

media content spread dom ideology - doesn’t include some critical content that helps attract an audience, make money for owner and appear as if there is diversity

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dominant/hegemonic approach - CRITICISMS

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underrate power and influence of owners - journalists career are dependant on approval of stories.

agenda setting/gatekeeping = little choice of media content - manipulation

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dominant/hegemonic approach - CRITICISMS (pluralist)

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the rise of new globalised digital media has put controls of new media content into the hands of media users

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pluralism (media)

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view that power in society is spread among interests groups and individuals

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pluralist approach - media owners

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have no control and a wide range of competing interests

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pluralist approach - media content

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driven by consumers, not owners and media needs to be responsive

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pluralist approach - media managers and journalists

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high independence as long as they attract audiences and make a profit

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pluralist approach - media audiences

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they’re active pick ‘n’ mix approach and new media allows anyone to share and publish their ideas.

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pluralist approach CRITICISMS

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whilst having freedom - work within constraints placed on them by owners.

media owners appoint editors and top managers who have a similar outlook of the world

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neophiliacs

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welcome new technology because they think it offers consumers more choice.

argue new media is good for democracy - people can monitor and criticise activities of the powerful and organise protests via social media.

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increased consumer choice
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convergence and interactivity that characterise media technology have increased consumer choice. e.g. people may choose to buy music in cd form of download.

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increased consumer choice
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argue competition between this diversity of media will improve the quality of media output.

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e-commerce
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claimed e-commerce trend has resulted in more choice for consumers because it increases competition - leads to lower prices and consumer control (can compare prices)

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revitalising democracy
(neophiliac)

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new media technologies offer opportunities for people to get the education / info needed to play an active role in democratic societies - make politicians more accountable to the people.

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revitalising democracy - the internet
(neophiliac)

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allows like-minded people to join together and take action which may lead to social change.

anti-global capitalism movement have used the Internet to challenge the power of international capitalism.

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the internet has been used in a variety of political ways:
(neophiliac)

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  • to monitor illegal/ immoral activities of big businesses
  • to harness mass support for causes (make poverty history)
  • coordinate protesters and activists
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cultural pessimists

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argue new media is problematic because they are leading to cultural illiteracy, dumbing down of popular culture and the decline in community.

revolution in new media technology has been exaggerated by neophiliacs

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cultural pessimists (democratic process)

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argues democratic potential of new media is exaggerated - such forms of media are bought up by media corporations that own older forms of media (news/tv)

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cornford and robins (1999)
(‘not so new’ media - cultural pessimist)

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  • new media is not that new
  • old technology (tv, landlines) is still integral to the use of new media (game consoles)
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cornford and robins (1999)
interactivity is not something new

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  • the only thing thats new about NM is speed information
  • news and entertainment can be accessed in ‘real time’ e.g. 9/11
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cornford and robins (1999)
what new technologies permit

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  • the refinement, extension and embellishment of traditional media.
  • suggest the relationship of new and old media as ‘being like that between an old hollywood movie and its remake’
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domination by media conglomerates (cultural pessimists)

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criticise the idea that new media is increasing the potential for people to participate more in the democratic process / cultural life.

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role of transnational media conglomerates
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argues that the role of transnational media conglomerates in the development and control of the new media undermines the potential for media democracy

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Jenkins (2008)
(conglomertes)
(cultural pessimist)

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  • most new media has developed as a result of investment by the big media corporations.
  • cross media ownership (1980s) was the first phase of media concentration / technological convergence.
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Jenkins - media domination
(cultural pessimist)

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  • owning different types of media made it more desirable for companies to develop content across a variety of platforms.
  • the internet is dominated by a smaller number of corporations - e.g. microsoft developed most of the software required to access the net.
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commercialisation
(cultural pessimist)

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The internet is now extremely commercialised.

over 10 years - major shift in internet activities from education to commercial use.
e.g. pay bills buy services (insurance) and consumer goods.

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cornford and robins commercialisation
(cultural pessimist)

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agree that these new technologies may produce more choice for the consumer - but also dubious side effects

e.g. many companies that see products and services on the internet engage in consumer surveillance.

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consumer surveillance
(cultural pessimist)

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technologies such as cookies monitor and process data generated by interactive media usage

so they can segment and target future audiences, thus enhance profits

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marxist view on commercialisation
(cultural pessimist)

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grown alarmed at this commercialisation of the internet, smartphones etc.

claim it encourges materialism, consumerism and false needs, thereby furthers capitalist domination and control

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reinforcing elite power
(cultural pessimist)

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Larger political parties/corporations have more money to spend on advertising to keep their biased information at the top of internet search engines.

Surveillance – the British security services had the technology to access the information stored on people’s smartphones.

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cornford and robins - reinforcing elite power
(cultural pessimist)

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were sceptical that new media will lead to a more democratic communications structure bringing about a new political and social order.

they note through (alliances, mergers, takeovers) media corporations seek to monopolise key strategic links within the new media.

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Jenkins - reinforcing elite power
(cultural pessimist)

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notes that not all the participants in the media are created equal.

corporations still exert greater power than any individual consumer or even groups of consumers.

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decline in the quality of popular culture
(cultural pessimist)

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argued that increased choice of media delivery systems has led to a decline in popular culture.

increased number of channels has led to the dumbing down of popular culture - tv companies fill these channels with cheap imported material, gambling, film repeats

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popular culture

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produced for a mass audience and enjoyed in masses - mainstream TV, pop music

easy simple entertainment

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high culture

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associated with lasting artistic value, seen as elite, ‘special’, respectable

national galleries
established literature - dickens/shakespeare

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changing distinctions between PC and HC - postmodern

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differences are weakening

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frankfurt school of thought

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PC is a form of social control - content is escapists, uncritical and dumbed-down

creates passive unthinking audiences

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frankfurt school of thought - MARCUSE

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mass culture undermines critical thought

a form of social repression as we’re compelled to conform

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frankfurt school of thought - STRINATI

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rejects mass culture views

there is no single mass culture and people choose what to consume

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frankfurt school of thought - LIVINGSTONE 1998

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soap opera writers see their role as an educator.

stories discuss rape, child abuse

controversies then dominate red-top tabloid press, promoting public discussion

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global culture

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increasingly similar products and ways of life around the globe

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cultural homogenization

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process whereby different cultures become uniform

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news values and immediacy

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stories more likely to be reported if they use news values and have a sense of immediacy.

aided by growth of citizen journalism (able to collect recorded material)

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assumptions and activities of journalists
BECKER 1967

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journalists operate within a hierarchy of credibility - attach the greatest importance to those in power (politicants, police)

hall et al calls these primary defenders

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hall et al primary defenders

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police, politicians etc

in a position to set the news agenda and influence journalists

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assumptions and activities of journalists

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tend to be middle class male - share the same interests as dom ideology. influences what they chose to include

to reduce time cost they use secondhand material without checking the facts

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churnalism - DAVIES 2008

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80% of stories in the time, daily mail and the guardian were fully, mainly or partially constructed from second hand material

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the rise of churnalism

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could be linked to pressure on producing material, time constraints, cutting costs, the ever-expanding news and 24 hour rolling cycle

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media representations

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categories and images that are used to present groups and activities to media audiences - may influence the way we think about them

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media gaze

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the way the media view society and represent it in media content

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symbolic annihilation

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under-representation of certain groups in media representations as they are condemned or trivialised in many roles

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media representations GMG

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representations and stereotypes are formed within the context of the dominant ideology of society

acts to justify existing patterns of inequality in wealth power and social class.

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representations of youth (15-20)

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negative stereotyping - rebellious, vandals

representations are led by news values = over exaggeration of deviant behaviours.

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representations of youth (15-20)
COHEN 2002

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young people are relatively powerless and an easily identifiable group to blame for societies ills

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representations of older people

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50+ often invisible by the media or presented in negative ways

(ill health, burden, forgetful)

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representations of older people
WHITE ET AL 2012

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negative stereotypes focus on incapacity, tendency to moan and reluctancy to move with the times

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representations of older people
SZIGMIGIN & CARRIGN

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grey pound

should expect to see more images of ageing people in adverts/campaigns

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general class representations

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m/c - over represented

w/c under represented

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general class representations
MCKENDRICK ET AL 2008

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poverty - marginal issue

journalists use this at a certain angle - only showing extreme newsworthy cases

highlight individual failings of undeserving people, rather than wider social causes

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working class representations

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white trash/scum

eastenders - romanticised w/c communities, drinking in the pub all day.

a source of trouble and conflict - lone parents, challenging delinquent children - challenging dom ideology

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middle class representation

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over represented (seen as the norm)

mature, sensible, educated, successful, well-functioning families

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m/c vs w/c representations

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positive m/c vs w/c representations is a product of the media gaze and this helps to justify the existing class structure and inequalities

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upper class representations

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rich, powerful, superior

influences newspapers and mass audiences leading to celeb gossip

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EMG general representations

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representations are filtered through the gaze of white m/c dominated media establishments

ghettoized and marginalised - usually included in specialised programmes such as dealing with discrimination

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media stereotypes EMG

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causing social problems - lone parents, illegal immigrants, welfare scroungers.

asylum seekers are portrayed as illegal workers, rather than escaping persecution

media want to cause moral panic from these stereotypes

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islamophobia and the media

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muslims have been demonised by the media - created moral panic in the 2000s.

full coverage of 9/11 - 91% of media talked negatively about muslims.

the work muslim becoming stigmatised identity

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emg evaluations
GMG NEO-MARXISTS

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point out the way negative media reps - created through white eyes of the media establishment and news values of journalists

reinforces racist stereotypes

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emg changes
ABERCOMBIE 2011

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more emg in soaps like eastenders, with lead roles and this is becoming part of ordinary society

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hegemonic masculine

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heterosexual
repression of emotions (except sports)
rational and practical
physically string
independence

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hegemonic feminine

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heterosexual
expression of emotions
reliance on men
physically weak

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gender stereotypes
LEVESON 2012

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tabloid press often fail to respect a women’s dignity, and so they tend to sexualise and demean women

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general gender stereotypes

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under-representation of women in the media industry - cannot break through the glass ceiling.

under rep of women in media content - men account for 84% of those mentioned in lead articles

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social constructs of gender differences
CONNELL 2005

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considers that gender identities are in part constructed

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