Monday 12 December 2011

Quotes from three blogs

http://ranj-researchandproduction.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Despite the success of 'Slumdog Millionaire' why is that there is a still a lack of South Asian actors in Hollywood?

"Ethnic minorities are continually misrepresented by racial (and racist) stereotypes".  -  Laughey, D. (2009). p78

"Media stereotyping occurs when the roles and behaviour on personal characteristics of a particular group are portrayed in a limited fashion" - Willams, K. (2003). p.131. 

"Ethnic minority viewers accused all broadcasters of tokenism and stereotyping, screening exaggerated and extreme representations of minorities and failing to reflect modern ethnic minority cultures". - http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2008/07/top-soaps-accused-of-stereotyp.html

"Stereotypes are thus neither neutral nor fair, preventing the examinations of differences within groups" - Williams, K. (2003). p. 130 

"As the media are highly selective in the way in which they construct and represent the world back to us" - Kruger, S. Rayner, P. Wall, P. (2004). p.47 


http://mest4-mariam.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-does-r-genre-construct-certain.html
How does the R&B genre construct certain gender ideologies around artists such as Ne-Yo and Rihanna? Why might these ideologies be considered post-feminist? 

"This is supported by Roland Barthes who says 'there is social probhibition against the feminization of men, there is almost none against the masculinisation of women." - Macdonald, M. (1995). Representing women: myths of femininity in the popular media. London: E.Arnold;.P215


"Although 'the majority of women still see themselves as housewives and a high proportion of product are aied at women in their traditional role rather than in their business role".  - ASA Spokesperson in the Guardian, 26 June, 1978

http://bilaalmughalmest4.blogspot.com/2011/05/critical-investigation-final.html
How and why does graphic violence within video games such 'Call of Duty' attract a teenage demographic?

"Modern Warefare 2 contain images and narratives that resonate with and reinforce a tabloid imagery of post 9/11 geopolitics which "glorify military power and elicit content for the idea that state violence and wars are inevitable". - http://ejas.revues.org/8831 "Invading your hearts and minds": Call of duty* and the (re)writing of militarism in U.S. digital games and popular culture



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