Key Terms Representation

  1. Male Gaze – When women in the media are portrayed from the eyes of a heterosexual man and that these women are represented as passive objects of male desire.
  2. Voyeurism – Gaining an interest in observing in sexual activities.
  3. Patriarchy – Men are the primary authority figures and hold their authority over woman and children.
  4. Positive and negative stereotypes – The positive stereotypes are related to the number of negative consequences for their emotional state.
  5. Counter-types – Highlights the positive features of the person of the group.
  6. Misrepresentation – Something that was misunderstood of their idea.
  7. Selective representation – Showing the main events of your presentation and not chosen only the important parts.
  8. Dominant ideology – Beliefs about gender roles and the economy.
  9. Constructed reality – Not to believe everything in media and reality.
  10. Hegemony – The power that media holds to the global dominance.
  11. Audience positioning – Where they construct places for the audience to encode the meanings.
  12. Fluidity of identity – To create identity of society and create specific ideas.
  13. Constructed identity – Having the ability to change how you see yourself or the world.
  14. Negotiated identity – To come to an agreement to target the audience in the interaction.
  15. Collective identity – Sense of belonging to a group.

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