Children and the Media: 2007

Friday, 27 April 2007

links

http://books.google.com/books?id=RJFmdMjVfJQC&dq=gender+and+media+children&pg=PA95&ots=Nit5ILrLsW&sig=uEnHOwceJvjGWXhXczaM2hla0HU&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dgender%2Band%2Bmedia%2Bchildren&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2#PPP1,M1

http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_childgen.shtml

http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0309c&L=aejmc&T=0&P=1700

new question: do gender representations in children's tv reinforce traditional gender roles?
http://www.psych.umn.edu/courses/spring05/frazierp/psy4501/sample1a.pdf

journal 2

another journal
http://links.jstor.org/journals/00027162.html

journal

i have a journal. This link is about gender roles and the affect it has on children
http://www.springerlink.com/content/u2xhrn118826j877/

I have changed my question -

Are children affected by sterotypes and gender roles on television?

I have been looking at children's tv shows such as:

Hannah Montana - Sky This show reinforces the job every young girl wants to do, become a popstar. Hannah is beautiful smart and does everythign to impress her crush.

Kim Possible - Sky This show shows a young girl, at shcool whos your typical cheerleader, pretty girl with lots of friends, but is also there to save the world as some sort of super hero.

The Simpsons - Sky This shows a typical family, and various other characters showing all kinds of stereotypes, such as geeks, bully, losers, populars etc.

I have also been lokoing at movies such as:

The School of Rock - Paramount - again showing all different stereotypes and them all persuing the dream that everyone wants to do, become stars.

Question 1 - intro

My specific area of research is difficult to find - although I am investigating gender - most of the research is about children identifying gender roles in adults and whether they can spot the difference between male and female roles. The internet was not a reliable source as it did not find the information i required.

Friday, 2 March 2007

Media, Gender and Identity - 02/03/06

Media, Gender and Identity An introduction by David Gauntlett. a book tackling many issues with media. Book can be accessed through Vicky and you can photocopy relevant pages. I'ts worth tacking a look to back up what research you already have with theories and models etc.

Media Power 2/03/06

Media Powere by Ciaran McCullagh - a book tackling many issues with media. Book can be accessed through Vicky and you can photocopy relevant pages. I'ts worth tacking a look to back up what research you already have with theories and models etc.