Week 6 Discussion - Media Effects and Gender

Week 6 Discussion ~ Media Effects and Gender

Review the Learning Resources for the week before responding to the Week 6 discussion prompt. Then, post your original posting and thoughtfully respond to at least 2 to 3 classmates.

Respond to the following prompts by providing examples of each:

A) Mass Communication sets or perpetuates some gender agendas. Provide links to examples and develop your viewpoints while referring to your weekly learning resources. 

B) Mass Communication influences attitudes and opinions about gender, race, and sexuality. After reading The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Communication, Chapter 16: "Gender, Race and Media Representation," pose a question or statement in the group discussion that you now have after completing the readings. For example, this could be a statement about how we could start to combat the misrepresentations.

Below is an ad that was done to change the misrepresentation: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJukf4ifuKs  

http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/indian-laundry-detergent-ad-urges-men-sharetheload-women/story?id=37193332