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    Throughout the media today‚ we are constantly being pounded and pushed with the thought of whether gender stereotyping‚ but is it ok. It is clear that it is everywhere‚ from the Internet to television to newspapers. Television both shapes and reflects the attitudes of our society (Wilson‚ 2014). A Google search‚ of sport‚ was recently done‚ and the images that came up were almost all of male athletes. But why is this the case? Why are woman’s sports not being shown or advertised as much as men’s

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    Therefore‚ stereotypes allow to speculate on the causes and possible consequences of their own and others ’ actions. A person is endowed by certain traits and qualities with the stereotypes‚ and it is predicted behavior on this basis. Thus‚ stereotypes play a very important role - in communications‚ in general‚ and in the process of intercultural contacts. 1. Meaning of stereotypes for cross-cultural communication Analysis of the role stereotypes in intercultural

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    Othering is present in many books‚ although they are hidden away from plain sight‚ only being mentioned in a subtle way. In the case of “Ceremony”‚ written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ othering is seen through the way certain peoples are isolated or rejected from society‚ especially in certain periods of time. It is also seen through the short stories Tayo tells‚ recalling events when Native Americans faced discrimination against their oppressors‚ the whites. In the case of “Go Tell it on the Mountain”

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    space for prejudice‚ judgement‚ and othering. Othering is used to describe how those in a majority view and treat those of different races‚ cultures‚ and ethnicities. The way I would describe othering is referring to people as ‘they’ or ‘them’ meaning outside‚ rather than ‘we’ or ‘us’ which is more inclusive and says a group as a whole. This could also mean that othering is similar to discrimination or racism. There has been a lot that has changed about othering

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    In exploring the topic of gender portrayal in the media‚ I interviewed five people of varying ages‚ sexes‚ and races. The first two questions I asked were based on how they generally saw each gender portrayed in mass media‚ including books‚ movies‚ television‚ advertisements‚ and video games. Then‚ I asked what traits they felt the media associated with both femininity and masculinity‚ respectively. Finally‚ I asked them to think about how media portrayal of gender might affect children and why.

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    Media stereotypes are inevitable‚ especially in the advertising‚ entertainment and news industries‚ which need as wide an audience as possible to quickly understand information. Stereotypes act like codes that give audiences a quick‚ common understanding of a person or group of people—usually relating to their class‚ ethnicity or race‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ social role or occupation. But stereotypes can be problematic. They can: • reduce a wide range of differences in people to simplistic

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    Headline QWeekend - Kazuto Komatsu By-line Thesis: Popular media clearly pronounce a number of racial stereotypes and segregation in many types of sport. Argument 1 “Remember the Titans” produced by Jerry Bruckheimer represents a number of racial stereotypes and segregations through popular media. This is clearly evident as the three scene from the movie. 1. The racial stereotypes and segregations have been represented in the scene when the blacks join in the whites AFL team. 2. As the movie

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    Media puts a negative stereotype on genders Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. The topic for our debate is whether media puts a negative stereotype on genders. We‚ the affirmative team‚ believe that our statement is true. It is very disappointing that in our progressive nature of our modern world‚ gender stereotypes are still evident in our media. Recently‚ there has been a focus on gender discrimination within politics. The first speaker from the negative team has tried to tell you…. This is

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    Representations A mere reflection of what we want to see. Mere reflections of our memories. Or of us. I think representations in this poem‚ in terms of my perspective are a mere reflection of ourselves or what we want to think. The imagery is shown by our “representations”. In the poem the speaker defines representations as “things residing inside the brain.” (Sanes). I guess this kind of relates to my definition because representations are what we see‚ from our perspective. What we think

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    What is art one might ask? Art can be seen as expression‚ form and representation. Art as representation is related to mimetic theory (Stremmel 2006). Mimetic theory comes from the Greek word "mimesis‚" which means imitation and representation (Hall 1997).Representation of art began with early ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Plato viewed art as an ‘imitation of nature.’ Due to this‚ art had no knowledge and therefore had no intellectual value. According to Plato‚ art was a copy of a copy thus barely

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