Pop Culture, Media and Female Identity[1]
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POP CULTURE, MEDIAPOP CULTURE, MEDIA
AND FEMALE IDENTITYAND FEMALE IDENTITY
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I said it must be ya asscause it aint yo face i needa t ip drill i need a t ip drillI said it must be ya asscause it aint yo face i needa t ip drill i need a t ip drill
Nelly
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LOl never thought shewas hot anyways nowshe looks like a monster,Im pretty sure no onewould have known if itwasnt someone else whocalled the police. shewould have kept it a
secret Sora
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well done son, gave her a propoerass whoopin, silly girl deservedit..i love chris brown forever!!blup blup blup ! woman basher 4life
i think that this pic looks far worsethan it realli was. i mean whose 2sey that chris brown actually did allthis 2 her. females lie jus likeniggaz. & if shes as grimy as i
heard, then this isnt probably allchriss work! & yess im standin up 4chris becuz im a loyal fan & neitherone of us know the real story. soeveryone needs 2 chill cuz we dontknow FACTSS!! quiauna
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3 percent of collegewomen experienced a
completed and/orattempted rape duringthe current college year
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MisogynyMisogyny
Hatred ofWomen
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nJKa13sBo
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What is Pop Culture?What is Pop Culture?
Culture that speaks to a large audienceCulture viewed as oppositional to high
cultureCulture that speaks to the people's
experiences
Circulated by mass media
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Assumptions of FeminismAssumptions of Feminism
a set of political practices founded inanalyses of the social/historicalposition of women as subordinated,oppressed or exploited either withindominant modes of production (suchas capitalism) and/or by social
relations of patriarchy or maledomination (A. Kuhn, 1994)
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Assumptions of FeminismAssumptions of Feminism
Power relations
Patriarchy and female subjectivity
Female representationCommodification/objectification of
female body
Phallocenric languagewomen as castrating Medusas, or
unfathomable continents Freud(1950)
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Pop Culture and the ConstructionPop Culture and the Construction
of Female Identity The messageof Female Identity The message
Media produce peoples sense of whothey are and who other are
Media play important role in creatingand maintaining social inequalities
Media influence social behaviour
Media create social identities
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Pop Culture and the ConstructionPop Culture and the Construction
of Female Identity The messageof Female Identity The message
Music
TV and Film
Magazines
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Pop Culture and the ConstructionPop Culture and the Construction
of Female Identity The messageof Female Identity The message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKEcV-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtuU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqlHFt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Zhym
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKEcV-66kMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtuU0gUHlMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqlHFtsfNIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Zhym6MStQ&feature=PlayList&p=D1715D1F531085CD&index=0&playnext=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Zhym6MStQ&feature=PlayList&p=D1715D1F531085CD&index=0&playnext=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnqlHFtsfNIhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HtuU0gUHlMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKEcV-66kM -
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Pop Culture and the ConstructionPop Culture and the Constructionof Female Identity The messageof Female Identity The message
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Whats the Big Deal?Whats the Big Deal?S. HallS. Hall
All messages are constructed with anagenda
Messages are encoded must bedecodedPreferred/dominant - intentionalNegotiated- rationalizedOppositional
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Whats the Big Deal?Whats the Big Deal?S. HallS. Hall
Messages suggest codes of conduct
How messages are constructed affecthow they are read
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Whats the Big Deal?Whats the Big Deal?S. HallS. Hall
How are messages about womenconstructed/ what symbols are used?
How should they be interpreted?
Leave much room outside dominantreading?
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Whats the Big Deal?Whats the Big Deal?S. HallS. Hall
Dumb blonde
Housewife
Bitchy/ aggressive boss Sexless/ manless intellectual
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Whats the Big Deal?Whats the Big Deal?S. HallS. Hall
Visuals powerful and significantlyinfluence perceptions
But most likely to be misread/ takingrepresentation for reality
Representations of misogyny in popculture are about the issue itself in
society. What is permissible
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QuestionsQuestions
How do we begin to correct theproblems?
First, do you believe there is a problem
Power of the wallet!Be critical consumers of media messages
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QuestionsQuestions
Who? Created this message
Why? For what purpose/ intent/agenda
What? Is it conveying and to whomHow? Is it being circulated and with
what effect
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Why would mass media be interested incorrecting the problems when theyare only interested in making money?
They wont!
Power of the wallet!Power of legislation!
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What is the international perspective onthe topic? Do other countries havethe same problems as the U.S.?
Yes!
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What is the relationship betweencultural relativism and mass mediascontent? How far can a culture go inportraying images?