[5.1] What Are Media Representations

[5.2] Representations of Gender, Race, and Class

[5.3] Representations of Different Cultures

[5.4] Studying Media Representations

[5.5] Teaching Analysis of Media Representations

[5.6] Representation and Censorship

[5.7] Representations and Idealization

[5.8] Studying Representations of Social Types or Groups

[5.8a] Representations of Femininity

[5.8b] Masculinity

[5.8c] Masculinity and Sports

[5.8d] Gays / Lesbians

[5.8e] Racial and Ethnic Groups

[5.8f] Class

[5.9] Families and Age Groups

[5.10] War

[5.11] Political Parties and Organizations

[5.12] Counter-Representations

[5.13] Additional Web Resources

[5.14] Teaching Activities

Powerpoints

[5.8c.1] Ashley K. Gibson and Dan Drane, Do the Demographic Variables of Gender, Age, and Race Significantly Predict the Frequency of Viewing Behaviors of Sport-Related Media Among Undergraduate Sport Management Students? Sports Journal: found that the only gender difference was that males were more likely to view TV network sports; there were no difference in terms of newspaper/magazine sports, Interent sports, or sports movies.

[5.8c.2] The emphasis on physical display of male prowess is evident in the popularity of professional wrestling with adolescent males, as examined in the video, Wrestling with Manhood.

[5.8c.3] The highly gendered world of professional football is evident in the representation of female cheerleaders. For an example, see the following from the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’s Homepage.

[5.8c.4] Men Can Stop Rape: explores alternative representations of masculinity

[5.8c.5] Media Education Foundation: Media, Gender & Violence Series

Further reading involving masculinity and sports

Luciano, L.  (2002).  Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America.  New York: Hill and Wang