week 2

Question 1

What was the theory underlying Disney princess?

Answer 1

People who spend more time watching TV are more likely to perceive the real world in a way as most commonly depicted in television messages, as compared to those who watch less tv

Question 2

What was the disney princess study examining

Answer 2

examining gender role portrayal in Disney princess movies

changes of Disney films over time,

to dissect the gendered nature of climactic rescues

Question 3

Hypothesis about disney princess

Answer 3

princesses would be stereotypical feminine and males would be opposite

gender role portrayal would become more egalitarian over time

Question 4

Three categories of films in the study

Answer 4

early films, middle movies, and most current

Question 5

early films were and middle were and most current were

Answer 5

early: snow white, cinderella, Sleeping Beauty

middle: little mermaid, alladian, Mulan

most current: The Princess and the Frog

Question 6

Method coded content analysis

Answer 6

step 1: identify themes step 2: create codes step 3: apply codes to movies step 4 quantify data

Question 7

What were some stereotypical masculine characteristic codes

Answer 7

physical strong, assertive, unmotivational, independent

Question 8

stereotypical femine codes

Answer 8

Physically weak, submissive, shows emotions, nurturing

Question 9

To answer hypothesis one the researchers compared average number of

Answer 9

masculine and feminine characteristics/codes between princes and princesses

Question 10

who had more femine characteristics? male characteristics?

Answer 10

princes-masculine
princesses- female

Question 11

What were the top two male characteristics?

Answer 11

physically strong and assertive

Question 12

top two female characteristics?

Answer 12

Affectionate and fearful

Question 13

Ratio of feminine characteristics exhibited by princesses over time

Answer 13

decreased over time

Question 14

implications of study

Answer 14

children who watch disney films may be at risk of adopting harmful gender stereotypes

Question 15

limitation of study

Answer 15

study fails to examine children’s actual interpretations of gender norms displayed within Disney films

Question 16

when analyzing the canadian medias past representation of racialized communities, 3 problems noted

Answer 16

underrepersentation+ tokenism, misrepresentation, homogenization

Question 17

What is tokenism?

Answer 17

hiring or showing minorities due to social pressure or to avoid critic

Question 18

hemogenization

Answer 18

The process of making things uniform or similar:

Question 19

What is media smarts

Answer 19

canadian organization that teaches children and youth media literacy

Question 20

media smarts conducted a study on

Answer 20

casual prejudice

Question 21

study involved

Answer 21

1000 Canadian youth ages 12-16 across Canada

Question 22

casual prejudice includes

Answer 22

negative words or actions directed towards a particular group but not aimed at a particular person

Question 23

media smarts conducted a study on cnadians pushing back against hate online which sought to examine: three things

Answer 23

what attitudes do young canadians have towards casual prejudice

are youth likely to push against online hate and if so which factors influence their decision

Question 24

yputh in general see casual prejudice as a social issue more than a personal one

Answer 24

true

Question 25

older youth are more likely to push back on hate than younger youth

Answer 25

false there was no difference

Question 26

3 most common sites/apps

Answer 26

social networks, messaging apps, video sharing sites

Question 27

Does casual prejudice hurt your feelings: which gender said they were more hurt by casual prejudice more

Answer 27

girls

Question 28

compared to CH, LGBTQ more likely to say

Answer 28

CP hurt their feelings

Question 29

preferred responses to casual prejudice: younger youth more likely to tell parents than

Answer 29

older youth

Question 30

what are two Barriers to pushing against prejudice

Answer 30

1. afraid it will make things worse
2. don’t know what to say
3. friends or classmates were encouraging it or joining in

Question 31

Key message of study: many youth view interactions as primarily

Answer 31

and adult activity

Question 32

key message: youth voices must be when designing tools and strategies to

Answer 32

combat casual prejudice

Question 33

key messages: ananimity

Answer 33

anonimity of young interveners

Question 34

media tip sheet for youth, how to push against online hate

Answer 34

be the first or second person to speak up as this encourages others to speak up

Question 35

ways to speak out

Answer 35

Answer humour with humour, change the subject, ask what they meant