Section B: Theorists Flashcards
Heintz-knowles -age
Analysed the ways in which children are portrayed in TV:
- children never grappling with important issues
- ethnic minority children are under represented
- motivated by peers, relationships, school and religion
- in adverts, antisocial behaviour is rewarded
- girls shown as affectionate and boys seen as physically aggressive
Postman -age
Childhood is being merged with adulthood, children are being presented as more mature
Osgerby -age
In 1950’s youths are represented positively but now youths are seen as negative
Landis -age
Stereotypes:
- feisty old women
- sickly old person
- mentally deficient
- grumpy old man
- depressed and lonely
- having second child
- having wisdom
- busy body
Biggs -age
Older people in soap operas a lot
Negative portrayals of old people
Move towards a more active view of older people
Ferguson -gender
Him, home and looking good (for him)
Easthorpe -gender
Males represented as biologically strong and expected to be masculine
Whannel -gender
David beckham - metrosexual man, taking care of looks and stereotypical masculine figure
Glascock -gender
More strong independent women in TV and film
Gauntlett -gender
From 1990 to present, there are traditional gender roles across a range of TV and film
Gill - gender
Strong independent women are represented but still overly sexualised
Sewell -ethnicity
Black African Caribbean people follow the hyper masculine role model like rap music and gangs
Van dijk -ethnicity
Black is used as a negative word and unimportant
Malik -ethnicity
Media not reporting the reality of the ethnic minorities
Barker -ethnicity
Soap opera ‘eastenders’ represents ethnic minorities in significant roles
Hall -ethnicity
- Overt - open and obvious racism
- inferential racism - subtle and not obvious
Parsons -gender
Expressive and instrumental roles
Dodd and Dodd -class
Presenting an old view of working class society
E.g. Eastenders
Newman -class
Working class portrayed as unflattering and negative light
Devereux -class
Royle family represent a realistic view of working class
Jones -class
Chavtainment, portrayed in a negative and aggressive way
Golding and Middleton-class
Welfare issues didn’t seem news worthy until they involved crime or fraud in the underclass
Price -class
Poverty porn - intended to be negative and exploit aspects of lower class culture
Nairn -class
- Media supports the royal family
- positive stories to do with the royal family, are often more covered than the negative portrayals
Reiner -class
People with enormous wealth are celebrated, audiences are influenced to interact with them The media try to obtain a false class consciousness
