JOUR 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nerd, 2 Broke Girls, Gender Role
18 Aug 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Jour 1
David Nguyen
Writing News Media
Fall 2018
College of the Sequoias
Media representations
Gender
● Because of changes in the social political aathletic businesses educational and other
spheres women representations have evolves
● Strong role models have immerged
Race
● Images of race have become more diverse but they often resort to common steroypes
and racist themes
o “2 broke girls”
● black males have historically been resprented as either comic entertainers or as
criminals
● black women have been portrayed as sassy comedic characters or as mistreated
through sexual insults
o 30 rock parody
● asin males are the geeky tech nerd
● Asian women are portrayed as subservient or sometimes eroticized
● Latinas have been portrayed as hot headed or having a fiery short temper
● Latinos are “machismo”
Class
● News orgnisations put few resources into covering poverty and the lower class
● Primetime network programs tend to present economic hardship as comedy
● The working class is marginalized as lazy ignorgant ans ill mannered
● The middle class are romanticed
Sexuality
● LGBTQ characters are often used for narritave intrigue
● Gays portrayed as feminine and flamboyant
o Will and grace
● Gay women are presented as chic
● Bisexuals are portrayed as confused and promiscius
● Transgender are portrayed as comedic or fitting into a sub catagoery
Who tells the stories of identity
● Those who tell stories in the media aften draw from their own expirences when telling
stories about people who are different from them
● Some new steroypes are emerging (the kardishans and real house wives)
● Tv shows reflecting perspectives from within miniory communities are also halping
o Jane the virgin
● We have become accustomed to the codes that are used so its harder to recognize the
process of how images were created and whos ideas they represent
● We should look to the past to understand how representation have evolved
Decpitions of women
Document Summary
Because of changes in the social political aathletic businesses educational and other spheres women representations have evolves. Images of race have become more diverse but they often resort to common steroypes and racist themes: 2 broke girls . Black males have historically been resprented as either comic entertainers or as criminals. Black women have been portrayed as sassy comedic characters or as mistreated through sexual insults: 30 rock parody. Asin males are the geeky tech nerd. Asian women are portrayed as subservient or sometimes eroticized. Latinas have been portrayed as hot headed or having a fiery short temper. News orgnisations put few resources into covering poverty and the lower class. Primetime network programs tend to present economic hardship as comedy. The working class is marginalized as lazy ignorgant ans ill mannered. Lgbtq characters are often used for narritave intrigue. Gays portrayed as feminine and flamboyant: will and grace. Bisexuals are portrayed as confused and promiscius.
