Superhuman Representation

Question 1

Positive representations

Answer 1

•commitment
•”come on”
•team shirts
•equality of gender

Question 2

Realistic representations

Answer 2

•struggle- wheelchair hitting curb
•bruises/blisters- reality of athletes
•sacrifice- happy birthday on facetime to daugher

Question 3

Superhuman challenging Hall’s stereotype theory

Answer 3

•disabled people completing ‘normal’ tasks
•winning medals
•successful and high achieving
•humanizing
•all function the same

Question 4

Superhuman conforming to Gauntlett’s theory of identity

Answer 4

•women and men
•disabled bodied winning medals
•not one dimensional
•struggles shown
•inclusive
•rolemodel- strength/determination