summary of articles

1. Summary's
By Alana Querino-Busby

2. ARTICLE ONE:
http://www.wikigender.org/index.php/Gender_and_Television
In this first article the main focus
is one the difference between how
woman were represented in the
20th century and how men were
represented. It has lots of statistics
talking about the changes since
then. For example, women would
have been seen as stupid
housewives. Whereas now woman
can be seen playing lead roles and
superhero's even if this was not
how they should be portrayed. It
also has lots of stereotypes for men
such as, courageous and strong. It
also holds valid points about
gender inequality. For example,
• On primetime cable news
programs, more than three-
quarters of the hosts are white
men and less than a quarter are
white women. None of the hosts
are people of colour. The typical
guest on these shows is white
and male; overall, 67% of the
guests are men and 84% are
white.
• In children's television, male
characters appear at about twice
the rate of female characters.
• Animated programs in
particular are more likely to
portray male characters.

3. ARTICLE TWO:
http://www.theoryhead.com/gender/extract.htm
This article is based on the
extract from the first edition
media, gender and identity. It
talks about lots of different
themes…
The themes include fluidity of
identities, the decline of
tradition, the knowing
construction of identity, the idea
of 'role models', masculinity in
(possible) crisis, 'girl power',
popular feminism, diversity of
sexualities, gender trouble,
media power, contradictions and
change. Each of these themes is
briefly discussed below.
Again in this article as well they
talk about the changes over the
years from the 20th century to
the 21st century. Views of gender
and sexuality, masculinity and
femininity, identity and selfhood,
are all in slow but steady
processes of change and
transformation. Even our views
of change itself, and the
possibilities for personal change
and 'growth', have altered over
the years.

4. ARTICLE THREE:
http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php?pageID=
gender
In this article it includes diagrams
to show the differences between
masculinity and femininity and
what men and woman like.
Gender is perhaps the basic
category we use for sorting human
beings, and it is a key issue when
discussing representation.
Essential elements of our own
identity, and the identities we
assume other people to have, come
from concepts of gender - what
does it mean to be a boy or a girl?
Many objects, not just humans, are
represented by the media as being
particularly masculine or feminine
- particularly in advertising - and
we grow up with an awareness of
what constitutes 'appropriate'
characteristics