media representation theorists

Question 1

what is Liesbet Van Zoonen’s feminist theory?

Answer 1

women’s bodies are used in media products as a spectacle for heterosexual male audiences, reinforcing patriarchal hegemony

Question 2

what is Stuart Hall’s representation theory?

Answer 2

stereotyping, as a form of representation, reduces people to a few simple characteristics or traits

Question 3

what is bell hooks’ feminist theory?

Answer 3

• feminism is a political struggle to end patriarchal domination
• race, class and sex determine the extent to which individuals are exploited, discriminated against or oppressed

Question 4

what is Judith butler’s gender performativity theory?

Answer 4

• gender is a social construct ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ are created through repetition

Question 5

what is David Gauntlett’s identity theory?

Answer 5

media provides us with the ‘tools’ or resources that we use to construct our identities