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Media Representation of Homosexuality
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- 1Teenage SexualityEveryone over age of 16 is sexuality active
Girls responsible for contraception
Boys - conquest
Girls - deep connections and love
Lack of focus on preventing STI's
Lack of positive images of homosexual rel. - 2Homosexuality Under-representedNot mainstream
Linked to anxiety and embarrassment
Symbolic Annihilation - 3Marxist groupsAdvertising
New Audience
Lesbianism appealing to male
Sexuality identity not represented - 4Growing RepresentationCloset Commercial
Have 1700 adverts from 33 countries
Growing acceptance - 5SoapsIncreasing homosexual characters
Not visibly different
Sexual diversity growing
Expose alternative lifestyles
Changing views in society - 6How is homosexuality represented in media?No clear markers to distinguish however...
Portrayal in four categories:
In-betweenism, butch lesbian, sad young ma or macho. - 7Sub-groups of homosexualsCamp, macho, deviant, gays in the news and coverage of AIDS
- 8Hetero-Sexual GazeWhen homosexuality, presented in way that heterosexuals find acceptable
'Perfect couple' - lead to homosexual characters but mis-represented. - 9Queer as FolkShow lives realistically
Big companies did not want to alienate mass heterosexual audience.
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- Sociology FlashCards sobre Media Representation of Homosexuality, criado por sinead.r34 em 22-05-2015.
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- sinead.r34 · mai 2015
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