key terms

Male Gaze – Ways of seeing through the eyes of a straight male and sexualising women.

Voyeurism – Gaining sexual pleasure from others naked and having sexy time.

Patriarchy – A belief that males are superior.

Positive and negative stereotypes – The socially accepted and the ones that are frowned upon.

Counter-types – idea that counter acts on a traditional stereotypes.

Misrepresentation – False claims on how people are represented.

Selective representation – When certain people or stereotypes are selected to feature in important positions more than others.

Dominant ideology – ideas and beliefs shared by the public and society.

Constructed reality – People in society creating mental beliefs about each other.

Hegemony – Dominance and leadership over others.

Audience positioning – How an audience might react to ideas or concepts.

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Fluidity of identity

Constructed identity

Negotiated identity

Collective identity

key terms: representation

Male gaze-the perspective of a notionally typical heterosexual man considered as embodied in the audience or intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women.

Voyeurism –  an interest in observing unsuspecting people while they undress, are naked, or engage in sexual activities.

Patriarchy-Society in which men are dominant and hold power and women don’t.

Positive and negative stereotypes- encourages a certain attitude on how we see things and how things are accepted on not accepted.

Counter-types- a positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person.

Misrepresentation – The action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.

Selective representation- when groups of people/ things are represented/highlighted more then others.

Dominant ideology- values and beliefs in a group or social majority.

Constructed reality- the way we present ourselves to other people is shaped partly by our interactions with others, as well as by our life experiences.

Hegemony – Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Audience positioning-Audience positioning refers to the techniques used by the creator of a text to try to get the audience to understand the ideology of the text.

Constructed reality – The term social construction of reality refers to the theory that the way we present ourselves to other people is shaped partly by our interactions with others, as well as by our life experiences.

Negotiated identity–  refers to the processes through which perceivers come to agreements regarding the identities that targets are to assume in the interaction.

Collective identity– refers to all the affective aspects deriving from belonging to certain groups with which adolescents identify themselves and which place them within certain social categories such as ethnicity, nationality, or gender.

Fluidity of identity– Having a fluid identity means having the ability to change how you see yourself, the world, and your actions.

Constructed identity– individuals’ sense of belonging to a group.

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.

Key Terms: Representation

Male Gaze – the perspective of a notionally typical heterosexual man considered as embodied in the audience or intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women.

Voyeurism – the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

Patriarchy – a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.

Positive and negative stereotypes – a positive stereotype refers to a subjectively favourable belief held about a social group. A negative stereotype refers to a subjectively unfavourable belief held about a social group.

Counter-types – a positive stereotype that emphasizes the positive features of a person. An example of a counter-type is that all religious people are kind.

Misrepresentation – the action of interpreting something wrongly.

Selective representation – selective representation is when some groups of people are represented more in government than others.

Dominant Ideology – the term dominant ideology denotes the attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society.

Constructed reality – the identity which we create for ourselves.

Hegemony – leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.

Audience position – the stance of the audience to a specific piece of media.

key terms – representation

Male GazeThe idea of how men look at women and sexualise and objectify them.
Voyeurismthe interest in getting sexual pleasure from watching/engaging in sexual activity and nudity
PatriarchySocial system which states men take power and gain social privilege.
Positive and negative stereotypesthe traits and characteristics that link to certain social classes. (good and bad)
Counter-types a positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person or thing.
Misrepresentationsomething that misrepresents an object, idea, fact or person.
Selective representationonly presenting some ideas and fats but not all. selecting the good bits to put out but ignoring and leaving out all the bad.
Dominant ideology the attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society
Constructed realityThat we construct and create our own reality and what we do affects the reality we’ve constructed.
Hegemonyleadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others
Audience positioningthe relationships between the audience and the text, how an audience receives, reads and responds to a text
Fluidity of identityhaving the ability to change how you see yourself, the world, and your actions.
Constructed identity conventional models of the person as a bounded or monadic individual with a fixed or essential identity
Negotiated identity the processes through which people reach agreements regarding “who is who” in their relationships
Collective identityall the cognitive and affective aspects deriving from belonging to certain groups with which adolescents identify themselves and which place them within certain social categories such as ethnicity, nationality, or gender

Key terms respresentation

  1. Male gaze– the perspective of a notionally typical man considered as the intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women.
  2. Voyeurism– the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
  3. Patriarchy– a system of society, family or government in which the eldest male is head of the family and the head is passed on to the next male, never the female.
  4. Positive and negative stereotypes – The positive, socially accepted and negative, frowned upon aspects of different stereotypes. Positive examples could be men being good at sport and women being caring, whereas negative examples could be most Muslims being thought of as terrorists when in fact that is absolutely not the case.
  5. Counter-types – An idea that challenges a traditional stereotype, for example a princess saving a prince.
  6. Misrepresentation – False claims or ideas about how certain people of things that are not made by the people themselves. This can give others the wrong impressions and ideas about people.
  7. Selective representation– the action or offence of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
  8. Dominant ideology– the attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society.
  9. Hegemony– leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
  10. Audience positioning– refers to the techniques used by the creator of a text to try to get the audience to understand the ideology of the text.
  11. Constructed reality – The term social construction of reality refers to the theory that the way we present ourselves to other people is shaped partly by our interactions with others, as well as by our life experiences.
  12. Negotiated identity–  refers to the processes through which perceivers come to agreements regarding the identities that targets are to assume in the interaction.
  13. Collective identity– refers to all the affective aspects deriving from belonging to certain groups with which adolescents identify themselves and which place them within certain social categories such as ethnicity, nationality, or gender.
  14. Fluidity of identity– Having a fluid identity means having the ability to change how you see yourself, the world, and your actions.
  15. Constructed identity– individuals’ sense of belonging to a group.

Definitions

  1. Male gaze – The act of depicting women and the world, in the visual arts and in literature, from a masculine perspective that presents and represents women as sexualised objects for the pleasure of the male eye.
  2. Voyeurism – the act of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
  3. Patriarchy – System of government in which the male gender hold power of the female gender
  4. Positive and negative stereotypes – traits of which are negatively valanced and attributed to a social group
  5. Counter-types – A positive stereotype that emphasises their positive features
  6. Misrepresentation – untrue or misleading statement of fact made during negotiations by certain people to another
  7. Selective representation – When some people are represented more in government than others
  8. Dominant ideology – The ideas, attitudes, values, beliefs, and culture of the ruling class in a society
  9. Constructed reality –  Society is based on the social construction of reality. People shape their experiences through social interaction.
  10. Hegemony – leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
  11. Audience positioning – techniques used by the creator of a text to try to get the audience to understand the ideology of the text.

key terms: representation

Male GazeFeminist theory that the perspective of a typical heterosexual man considered as embodied in the audience or intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women,
VoyeurismObtaining sexual pleasure from watching others in a sexual way.
PatriarchySociety in which men are dominant and hold power that women don’t.
Positive stereotypeSubjectively favourable belief held about a social group.
Negative stereotype Subjectively unfavourable belief held about a social group.
Counter-TypesA contrast to a stereotype.
MisinterpretationFalse understanding of someone or something.
Selective representationOnly showing some events/conflicts.
Dominant ideology The attitudes, beliefs, values, and morals shared by the majority of the people in a given society.
Constructed realityThe process of people developing ideas and beliefs about themselves
HegemonyDominance or leadership of one specific group.
Audience positioningHow a certain type of audience might react to certain ideas or values.
Fluidity of identityHaving the ability to change how you see yourself or the world.
Constructed identityTo create identity of society and create specific ideas.
Negotiated identityTo come to an agreement to target the audience in the interaction.
Collective identitySense of belonging to a group.

Key terms: representation

  1. Male gaze: the perspective of a notionally typical man considered as the intended audience for films and other visual media, characterized by a tendency to objectify or sexualize women.
  2. Voyeurism: the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.
  3. Patriarchy: a system of society, family or government in which the eldest male is head of the family and the head is passed on to the next male, never the female.
  4. Positive and negative stereotypes: Positive- a stereotype that purports to describe the admirable or beneficial qualities of the members of a particular group or social category. Negative- Stereotyped individuals who receive negative feedback, can attribute it either to personal shortcomings, such as lack of ability or poor effort or attitude toward their social group.
  5. Counter-types: a positive stereotype and emphasizes the positive features about a person.
  6. Misrepresentation: the action of giving a false or misleading account of the nature of something.
  7. Selective representation: when some groups of people are represented more in government than others.
  8. Dominant ideology: The ideas, attitudes, values, beliefs, and culture of the ruling class in a society.
  9. Constructed reality: Society is based on the social construction of reality. People shape their experiences through social interaction.
  10. Hegemony: leadership or dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.
  11. Audience positioning: refers to the techniques used by the creator of a text to try to get the audience to understand the ideology of the text.

  1. Fluidity of identity: having the ability to change how you see yourself, the world, and your actions.
  2. Constructed identity: The process of forming an identity based on personal and other people’s perception of self.
  3. Negotiated identity:  refers to the processes through which perceivers come to agreements regarding the identities that targets are to assume in the interaction.
  4. Collective identity: refers to all the affective aspects deriving from belonging to certain groups with which adolescents identify themselves and which place them within certain social categories such as ethnicity, nationality, or gender.