Not All Afghan Women Feel Oppressed by the Taliban…
If you want an alternative point of view on the Taliban’s take over of Afghanistan, you should try following janeygak […]
Global Development, War and conflict
stereotypes
Media, Sex and gender, Sociology key terms
Representations of men in the media
This post focuses on traditional representations of men as reinforcing aspects of hegemonic masculinity before considering some of the changes
Essay plans, Media, representations
Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that the media portray women in a stereotypical way [20 marks]
An essay plan covering some of the knowledge and evaluation points you could use to answer this question for AQA
Media, representations
Representations of Ethnicity
Van Dijk (1991) conducted content analysis of tens of thousands of news items across the world over several decades and
Media, representations
Media representations of social class
How are different social classes represented in the mainstream media? This post looks at how the monarchy, the wealthy, the
Media, representations
Media representations of benefits claimants
In this post I summarize some recent sociological research which suggests newspapers and ‘reality T.V. shows represent benefits claimants in
Media, representations, Sociology key terms
Representations of sexuality in the media
Media representations of sexuality have historically been mostly heterosexual, with LGBT representations being largely invisible. Batchelor et al (2009) found
Sex and gender
No More Boys and Girls
No More Boys and Girls (BBC, August 2017) BBC programme documents a 6 week experiment in gender neutrality carried out
education, Gender and education
Do teachers stereotype students according to sex and gender?
GCSE and A level statistics show us subject choices are very gendered – even in 2017, boys tend to choose
Sex and gender
Gender Norms and Stereotypes – A Visual Representation
Men are simple and straightforward: they just want quick sex with porn-star lookalikes, exaggerate the number of sexual partners they