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- 4. This group is usually represented as the norm in society and are portrayed as educated, successful and able to cope with life’s problems (6,5)
- 7. Barker found that representations of ethnic minorities in this TV programme demonstrated continuity and change (10)
- 8. Hall argues that racism in the media has changed from 'overt' racism to '___________' racism (11)
- 11. Which theory thinks patriarchy and capitalism are a problem in society? (7,8)
- 15. HIM Complete Ferguson's statement about media representations of women: "Him, home and looking good (___ ___) (3,3)
- 16. This theory thinks that media representations are accurate and act as a window on the world (9)
- 17. GMG found that this was one of the main concerns portrayed in the media (11)
- 18. This concept refers to reality TV shows about working class Britain that portray working class individuals as ‘bigoted, slothful, aggressive people who cannot look after themselves, let alone their children’ (12)
- 20. Complete the study name: Women In Journalism: Hoodies __ Alter Boys? (2)
- 22. This sociologist researched how children are portrayed in entertainment television and mentioned how storylines tended to focus on peer relationships and not dealing with important issues (6-7)
- 24. Mulvey’s concept (4,4)
- 26. The ideology that Marxists think is the cause of the problems in society (10)
- 29. McLuhan’s concept which suggests that the world is getting metaphorically smaller due to advancements in technology (6,7)
- 30. The British Fawcett Society argues that women are relatively _________ in the media (9)
- 31. Media plays an important role in maintaining democracy (6,6)
- 33. Carrigan & Szmigin’s concept which refers to old people as active consumers (4,5)
- 34. This TV show could be used to illustrate Osgerby’s idea that youth are portrayed as trouble in the media (5)
- 36. The idea that society is centred around the media and it has a strong influence on us (5,10)
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- 1. One of the representations of black people that Van Dijk found in UK news reports (11)
- 2. Landis studied this group (3,3)
- 3. Price said Benefits was an example of this (7,4)
- 4. By men, for men and about men (4,6)
- 5. Miliband argues that the media is the new _____ of the people (5)
- 6. One of the stereotypes of black people Neo-Marxist Hall found in films (6)
- 9. This TV show was studied by Gauntlett and found that the male and female characters were represented as different but equal (7)
- 10. This sociologist said that media representations of the Royal Family resembles a soap opera (5)
- 12. Postman argued that the media is a threat to childhood as children are being __________ (10)
- 13. Gill argues that there has been a change from passive to active representations of women in this media source (11)
- 14. Turkle and Baudrillard talk about the negative effect of the media and use this concept to explain how people can’t easily distinguish between online and offline lives (5-7)
- 19. Malik's concept which refers to including a character from an ethnic minority so not to appear racist (8)
- 21. This sociologist wrote about the new man and the rise in metrosexuality (4)
- 23. The bourgeoisie do this to the proletariat (7)
- 25. This sociologist argued that men are presented in the media as having a biological predisposition for strength, competitiveness, aggression and violence (9)
- 27. This celebrity is argued by Whannel to demonstrate metrosexual and retributive masculinity (5,7)
- 28. Tuchman, Whelehan, Wolf and Glascock all looked at representations of this social group (5)
- 32. This duo found continuity and change in the representations of the working class in soap operas (4&4)
- 35. For a film to pass the Bechdel test it must include at least two women who have a ____, who talk to each other, about something besides a man (4)