Gender and media representation

http://mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php?pageID=gender 

17) "Discussions of women's representation in the media tend to revolve around the focus on physical beauty to the near-exclusion of other values, the lack of powerful female role models, and the extremely artificial nature of such portrayals, which bear little or no relation to the reality experience by women across the planet"

This quote is very to the point and explains that there is a lack of powerful female role models. This assumption is disagreed by David Gauntlett as he feels there are many powerful role models making a impact on peoples lives.

18) Representations of women across all media tend to highlight the following:

• beauty (within narrow conventions)
• size/physique (again, within narrow conventions)
• sexuality (as expressed by the above)
• emotional (as opposed to intellectual) dealings
• relationships (as opposed to independence/freedom)

19)  "Women are often represented as being part of a context (family, friends, colleagues) and working/thinking as part of a team. In drama, they tend to take the role of helper (Prop) or object, passive rather than active"

"Men are still represented as TV drama characters up to 3 times more frequently than women, and tend to be the predominant focus of news stories"

Once again women are being shown as less important compared to men.

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