[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

[5.8d.1] Media Awareness: Representations of Gays and Lesbians

[5.8d.2] The video The Celluloid Closet documents the ways in which Hollywood movies shifted in its representations of homosexuality from helpless or tragic characters to more recent characters in films such as The Boys in the Band and The Hunger are portrayed in more complex ways.

[5.8d.3] An analysis of Will and Grace indicated that the gay characters are portrayed as operating in realistic social contexts, while as the same time, they are having to still deal with stereotypical perceptions that still persist in these contexts.

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[5.8d.4] Visit GLAAD for a complete list of the lesbian and gay characters appearing this fall, and a season-to-season comparison.

[5.8d.5] In a study of the reactions of six television viewers in their 20s to representations of gay issues on television, these viewers’ reactions varied considerably due to differences in their attitudes.

[5.8d.6] For further reading on media representations of gays and lesbians, see The Columbia Reader on Lesbians & Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics (Gross, L., & Woods, J.), Columbia University Press.

See also information about gays and lesbians in films:

[5.8d.7] AOL Search
[5.8d.8] The Commercial Closet