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Media representations of gender, sexuality and disability

Question 1 of 26

1

What is the definition of symbolic annihilation?

Select one of the following:

  • Complete destruction of self

  • The way that women are represented by the media

  • Death

Explanation

Question 2 of 26

1

What did Tunstall argue??

Select one of the following:

  • The presentation of women in media is biased because it presents women as housewives and mothers

  • Women are only sexually objectified

  • Media presents women as tall 'mannequin' like figures

Explanation

Question 3 of 26

1

What did the 'Just the Women' report find?

Select one of the following:

  • Few media studies about women's abilities

  • Negative things were said about women

  • Women's issues were often covered in a very narrow and stereotyped way

Explanation

Question 4 of 26

1

What is the 'Metrosexual Male'?

Select one of the following:

  • Men who take care of their appearance in consumption of toiletries and fashion products

  • Men who love themselves too much

  • Men who are portrayed as fundamentally caring and generous

Explanation

Question 5 of 26

1

Which one ISN'T a dominant representation of masculinity?

Select one of the following:

  • Males are violent

  • Males earn the most money and run the household

  • Men are funny, confident and successful

  • Men are strong and rarely cry or show vulnerability

Explanation

Question 6 of 26

1

What did McNamara claim about the media's representation of men?

Select one of the following:

  • It presents them to be violent and irresponsible

  • It disregards men's successes and acomplishments

  • It failed to show the reality of masculine life

Explanation

Question 7 of 26

1

What does Gauntlett claim about media aimed at women?

Select one of the following:

  • Magazines create a stereotypical idea of how women should look, making them feel bad about themselves

  • Magazines for young women emphasise women must do their own thing and be themselves

Explanation

Question 8 of 26

1

Which sociologists argued that in new media and digital technology, women are MOST empowered?

Select one of the following:

  • Gauntlett

  • Watson

  • Green and Singleton

Explanation

Question 9 of 26

1

Are postmodernists such as Gauntlett positive or negative about representations of gender and why?

Select one of the following:

  • Negative - the differing representations between men and women and the stereotypical views take us back steps and creates inequality.

  • Positive - he focuses on the relationship between the mass media and identity and argues that in contrast with the past, there is no straightforward idea of the representation of femininity or masculinity

Explanation

Question 10 of 26

1

What else does Gauntlett argue?

Select one of the following:

  • Mass media today actually challenges traditional definitions of gender and is a force for change

  • Women who do not fit the traditional views,

Explanation

Question 11 of 26

1

Pluralists claim the concept of symbolic annihilation underestimates women's ability to see through gender stereotyping and manipulation

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 26

1

What do Batchelor et al's study on sexuality find?

Select one of the following:

  • Contraception was only presented as a woman's responsibility

  • There was a lack of positive images of lesbian and gay teenagers and a failure to represent sexual diversity

  • Both!

Explanation

Question 13 of 26

1

Females were more interested in sex and bragged to their friends, whereas males were more interested in emotions

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 14 of 26

1

Which sociologist found that being gay was not generally integrated into mainstream media representations?

Select one of the following:

  • Dyer

  • Batchelor

  • Glaad

Explanation

Question 15 of 26

1

How is homosexuality represented in TV dramas and media?

Select one of the following:

  • As the most important subject of the episode, as it needs more light brought into it

  • As embarrassment or target for bullying

Explanation

Question 16 of 26

1

Research by LGBT.co.uk and Stonewall concluding the LGBT community is undergoing better changes, drawing attention to representation of sexuality in media.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 26

1

How may lesbianism be represented in media?

Select one of the following:

  • Negatively

  • Overly masculine

  • Oversexualised

Explanation

Question 18 of 26

1

How many hours of programming were focused on LGBT issues according to Stonewall (2011) ?

Select one of the following:

  • 5 hours and 43 minutes out of 126 hours

  • 3 hours and 21 minutes out of 126 hours

Explanation

Question 19 of 26

1

Gay men are often presented as a bitchy or feminine figure in media

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 20 of 26

1

What did a BBC survey (2010) discover about the portrayal of lesbians?

Select one of the following:

  • Narrow representation, either represented as butch or 'lipstick lesbians'

  • Homophobia was emphasised towards them

  • They were often portrayed for the benefit of male viewers

Explanation

Question 21 of 26

1

What do the following TV shows have in common: Grey's Anatomy, Glee, Orange is the New Black and Ugly Betty

Select one of the following:

  • Large proportion of gay characters

  • Media representations of transgender characters

  • Extreme Buddhism

Explanation

Question 22 of 26

1

How many tweets in 2015 highlighted the support for the LGBT community using the hashtag '#lovewins'?

Select one of the following:

  • 3.9 million

  • 2.4 million

  • 10.3 million

  • 3.6 million

Explanation

Question 23 of 26

1

What are the two sociological views of disability in media?

Select one of the following:

  • Physical/Mental impairments and the view that the disabled are disabled by society

  • They're represented as super-human, or weak

Explanation

Question 24 of 26

1

What did Colin Barnes and Tom Shakespeare suggest?

Select one of the following:

  • Media represents the disabled as weak

  • Media represents the disabled as evil

  • Disabled are disabled by society

Explanation

Question 25 of 26

1

Which one isn't one of Barnes' recurring stereotypes of disabled people?

Select one of the following:

  • Pitiable and pathetic

  • Curio

  • Evil

  • Sexually abnormal

  • Incapable of participating in anything 'normal'

  • Unintelligent

  • Super cripples

Explanation

Question 26 of 26

1

Who argued that telethons such as Children in need rely too heavily on cute children to raise money and don't truly represent the disabled

Select one of the following:

  • Barnes

  • Roper

  • Findlay

  • Oliver

Explanation

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