Theories

Question 1

Smash the patriarchy
Bell hooks

Answer 1

• being a feminist - political commitment
• opposite to what men portray women as
• Includes patriarchal hegemony term

Question 2

Narrative
Tzvetan Todorov

Answer 2

• study of narratives
• Equilibrium, disruption, recognition, attempt to repair, equilibrium or new equilibrium

Question 3

Genre
Steve Neale

Answer 3

• incorporate repetition and difference

Question 4

Theories of representation
Stuart Hill

Answer 4

• How representations are constructed
• Stereotyping, reduces people/things to few simple characteristics/ traits

Question 5

Theories of identity
David Gauntlett

Answer 5

• Media helps to construct identities
• producers layer identities for different audiences
• E.G - boy band with diff personalities and looks

Question 6

Leisbet van zoonen
Feminist theory

Answer 6

• gender is a product of discourse
• objectification of woman’s bodies
• The media shows mens ideological views on women
• E.G - Mother, wife, daughter, sexualised object/career)

Question 7

Male gaze
Laura Mulvey

Answer 7

• gender presented to give pleasure to audience
• E.G - girls in james bond movies

Question 8

Theories of ethnicity + post colonial
Paul Gilory

Answer 8

• Black/ethic characters may still be represented in less independent, efficient ways

Question 9

Uses and gratification
Blumler and katz

Answer 9

Inform,educate,entertain, can be used as an escapism or social interaction

Question 10

Cultivation theory