The document discusses representations of masculinity in media. It notes that masculinity is typically portrayed through strength, power, attractiveness, physique, and independence. Additionally, media representations of masculinity have become more focused on men's physiques in recent decades. This increased focus has made it difficult for men to live up to unrealistic ideals portrayed in media, just as it has long been difficult for women. As a result, men are encouraged to aspire to look like media role models, but some grow concerned about an inability to achieve such standards, while others worry about perceived anti-male bias.
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Cultivating Black Male Success: Turning the Plight of Perpetual Possibility i...Marques Dexter
Presentation at the 2018 UGA Global Conference on Sport for Social Change
The media has become a primary source for Black males to locate sources of self-representation outside their familial networks. Entertainers, collegiate, and professional athletes often become their role models. As a myriad of research informs, a result has been the misfortune of young Black males continuously becoming socialized to value athletics over academic endeavors (Beamon & Bell, 2006; Benson, 2000; Bimper & Harrison, 2011; Edwards, 2000; Fuller, Harrison, & Bukstein, 2016). With numerous problematic symbols of Black success, coupled with false narratives of deficiency, our young Black kings are at risk of embarking upon a destructive route to (assumed) prosperity and (perceived) upward mobility. Ultimately, they may fall victim to what I characterize as the plight of perpetual possibility. Utilizing previous research and personal experience this presentation seeks to unpack elements of the plight, concluding with recommendations for those who have a vested interest in Black male success to cultivate a more holistic scholar-athlete identity.
Black Males in the Media: Last Chance U and the Plight of Perpetual PossibilityMarques Dexter
M. Dexter's presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference:
Black males in media discourse are considered deviant, unintelligent, who seek fame and material possession, and who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The media discourse instills negative and ambiguous self-representations of Black males' masculinity. The salient images of the black heterosexual body as seen in rappers, athletes, entertainment and film stars disseminates adverse depictions of black masculinity as incapable, hostile and oversexed. Such media representations coax black families to steer their adolescents away from diverse educational opportunities that would permit socioeconomic advancement in society, with the place of choice being athletics. The source of data for this study are derived from the Netflix docuseries 'Last Chance U.' Utilizing Dr. Harry Edwards' notion of the triple tragedy, this presentation seeks to critique ways in which the media and sport institutions both propagate and institutionalize heteronormative ideologies of Black male athletes. The authors intend to stimulate conversations on how the media replicates injurious tropes of perseverance in athletics, hindering young Blacks' from actualizing their future outside of athletics, and validate fragile conceptions of Black masculinity. Furthermore, this session also seeks to illuminate opportunities for both the media and sport institutions to provide constructive narratives of Black athletic success, ultimately steering young Blacks from the plight of perpetual possibility.
Cognitive schemas can result in stereotypes and contribute to prejudice.
Stereotypes Stereotypes are beliefs about people based on their membership in a particular group. Stereotypes can be positive, negative, or neutral. Stereotypes based on gender, ethnicity, or occupation are common in many societies.
Then Prejudice has been discussed
Cultivating Black Male Success: Turning the Plight of Perpetual Possibility i...Marques Dexter
Presentation at the 2018 UGA Global Conference on Sport for Social Change
The media has become a primary source for Black males to locate sources of self-representation outside their familial networks. Entertainers, collegiate, and professional athletes often become their role models. As a myriad of research informs, a result has been the misfortune of young Black males continuously becoming socialized to value athletics over academic endeavors (Beamon & Bell, 2006; Benson, 2000; Bimper & Harrison, 2011; Edwards, 2000; Fuller, Harrison, & Bukstein, 2016). With numerous problematic symbols of Black success, coupled with false narratives of deficiency, our young Black kings are at risk of embarking upon a destructive route to (assumed) prosperity and (perceived) upward mobility. Ultimately, they may fall victim to what I characterize as the plight of perpetual possibility. Utilizing previous research and personal experience this presentation seeks to unpack elements of the plight, concluding with recommendations for those who have a vested interest in Black male success to cultivate a more holistic scholar-athlete identity.
Black Males in the Media: Last Chance U and the Plight of Perpetual PossibilityMarques Dexter
M. Dexter's presentation at the 2017 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Conference:
Black males in media discourse are considered deviant, unintelligent, who seek fame and material possession, and who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. The media discourse instills negative and ambiguous self-representations of Black males' masculinity. The salient images of the black heterosexual body as seen in rappers, athletes, entertainment and film stars disseminates adverse depictions of black masculinity as incapable, hostile and oversexed. Such media representations coax black families to steer their adolescents away from diverse educational opportunities that would permit socioeconomic advancement in society, with the place of choice being athletics. The source of data for this study are derived from the Netflix docuseries 'Last Chance U.' Utilizing Dr. Harry Edwards' notion of the triple tragedy, this presentation seeks to critique ways in which the media and sport institutions both propagate and institutionalize heteronormative ideologies of Black male athletes. The authors intend to stimulate conversations on how the media replicates injurious tropes of perseverance in athletics, hindering young Blacks' from actualizing their future outside of athletics, and validate fragile conceptions of Black masculinity. Furthermore, this session also seeks to illuminate opportunities for both the media and sport institutions to provide constructive narratives of Black athletic success, ultimately steering young Blacks from the plight of perpetual possibility.
Cognitive schemas can result in stereotypes and contribute to prejudice.
Stereotypes Stereotypes are beliefs about people based on their membership in a particular group. Stereotypes can be positive, negative, or neutral. Stereotypes based on gender, ethnicity, or occupation are common in many societies.
Then Prejudice has been discussed
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Brandon:
Disney and Barbi are sexist.
Women are objectified in all forms of media. "For many years, women have been portrayed extremely negatively in the media, and in the rare times that they are portrayed ‘positively’ it is in a way that they are sexualised to appear as objects of lust. We see advertisements of women in skimpy clothing, or in many cases, no clothing at all which are sometimes ironically trying to advertise a clothing brand. Other times we see women being portrayed domestically, doing household chores as if that is their only purpose in adult life (Berlingieri 2013)."
Berlingieri, S. 2013, Sep 13. Media studies. Retrieved f26 Sep 2016 from: https://sarahberlingieri.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/portrayal-of-women-in-advertising/
Women are feminine - subordinate and inferior
Men are masculine - money maker of the home and tough
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Brandon
Brandon:
1. B) Mass Communication influences attitudes and opinions about gender, race and sexuality. After reading "The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication: Chapter 16: Gender, Race and Media Representation," pose a question or statement in the group discussion that you now have after completing the readings. For example, this could be a statement about how we could start to combat the misrepresentations.
How have we as a society allowed the media tell us what to think? For this problem to change we have to strengthen our minds and form our own opinions. We all know the media is only showing us what they want us to see and the same goes for Hollywood. Until we start to treat one another with common decency and show some respect for ourselves, and our fellow man/woman, the media is going to continue to perpetuate the cycle. Why? Because it sells papers and it gets viewers. If we stop buying into what they tell us to think society can then begin to heal its self. The article had a few lines I wanted to share.
Black feminist scholars have acknowledged the neglect which women of color, specifically black women, have experienced through their selective inclusion in the writings of feminist cultural analysis I believe they are the reason we are It is from this perspective that we begin our discussion of black female representation in the media.
Black feminist thought also challenges the way some media outlets run by black men engage in misogynistic depictions of black women.
Spike Lee's Bamboozled, he creates female characters that become (or should I say allowed themselves to become) defined by the men in their lives. We claim that although his films fight to challenge racist frameworks within the mass media and society,
Asian women in film are either passive figures who exist to serve men as love interests for White men (lotus blossom) or as a partner in crime of men of their own kind (dragon ladies)”
I am going to stop here with this quote from Morgan Freeman in an interview with Mike Wallace. “The notio ...
2. Representations of Masculinity
'Masculinity' is a concept that is made up of more rigid stereotypes than
femininity. Representations of men across all media tend to focus on the
following:
Strength - physical and intellectual
Power
Sexual attractiveness (which may be based on the above)
Physique
Independence (of thought, action)
Male characters are often represented as isolated, as not needing to rely on
others (the lone hero). If they capitulate to being part of a family, it is often
part of the resolution of a narrative, rather than an integral factor in the initial
equilibrium. It is interesting to note that the male physique is becoming more
important a part of representations of masculinity. 'Serious' Hollywood actors
in their forties (eg Willem Dafoe, Kevin Spacey) are expected to have a level of
'buffness' that was not aspired to even by young heart-throbs 40 years ago
(Connery in Thunderball 1965).
3. Representations of Masculinity
Increasingly, men are finding it as difficult to live up to their media representations as
women are to theirs. This is partly because of the increased media focus on masculinity -
think of the burgeoning market in men's magazines, both lifestyle and health - and the
increasing emphasis on even ordinary white collar male workers (who used to sport their
beergut with pride) having the muscle definition of a professional swimmer. Anorexia in
teenage males has increased alarmingly in recent years, and recent high school shootings
have been the result of extreme body consciousness among the same demographic group.
As media representations of masculinity become more specifically targeted at audiences
with product promotion in mind (think of the huge profits now made from male fashion,
male skin & haircare products, fitness products such as weights, clothing etc.), men are
encouraged (just as women have been for many years) to aspire to be like (to look/behave
in the same way) the role models they see in magazines. This is often an unrealistic target
to set, and awareness of this is growing.
Whilst some men are concerned about living up to the ideal types represented in
magazines, others are worried by what they perceive as an increasing anti-male bias in
the media. There is growing support for the idea that men are represented unfairly in the
media