CMN 3104 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Feminist Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Cultivation Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3104
• Professor: Dina Salha

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Define annihilation as per chapter 1 of your reading and give three ways the media execute this process in their operations as described in my feminism. The media content offers a form of symbolic representation of society rather than any literal portrayal of society. To be presented in the media is in itself a form of power. Social groups that are powerless can be easily ignored, allowing the media to focus on the social groups that really matter. Gaye tuchman focused on the symbolic annihilation of women, but the concept is applicable in any socially constructed group, whether based on gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc. Tuchman argued that through absence, condemnation, and trivialization, the media reflect a social world in which women are consistently devalued. If the media consistently present an image of a social world that is (in numbers) dominated by men, tuchman argued, the media have symbolically annihilated women.