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Sociology: Media Representations - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 6 times
- The average score is 7 of 8
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| Answer | Hint | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Stereotypes | Media representations often conform to these and then construct meanings and interpretations of those groups that may lead to them being treated differently. | 100%
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| Symbolic Annihilation | This is the lack of visibility, under-representation and limited roles of certain groups in the media - the way these groups are omitted, condemned or trivialised. | 100%
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| Dominant Hegemony | These are the people who run/own the media:-They consist of White, middle-aged, able-bodied, heterosexual middle-class men who run the media for an elite of White male media owners. -They establish a dominant ideology that reflects their interests and values to the exclusion of the interests and values of others. -Their representations of other groups all maintain the power and dominance of this group. | 75%
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| 'less important/excluded' | This is a result of dominant hegemonic views:-Groups that are not part of the hegemony are seen as this – for example, women are not represented as leaders. | 75%
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| Media Gaze | This is the way the media establishment views society and represents it from the point of view of that of that establishment:-Specifically the term ‘male gaze’ is used to describe the way the media objectifies women through the eyes of men. | 75%
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| Physical Beauty | There is a dominant ideology of this as a result of dominant hegemonic views:-It excludes certain groups – women, disabled people, old people. | 75%
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| 'threat' | This is how people are represented in terms of their values by the dominant hegemony, for dominant hegemonic values to be seen as the consensus for them to maintain power:-This includes young people, ethnic minority groups, working class. | 75%
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| Toxic Masculinity | This is normalised as a result of dominant hegemonic views:-Despite weakened gender identities, the dominant hegemony is older men with more traditional values. | 75%
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