...Valerie Hernandez 12/5/14 Prof. Scott Brown Research Paper The Hollywood entertainment industry has typically treated as well as portrayed homosexuals as subject of negative stereotypes. When Gay representation was introduced to popular culture, the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community was oppressed from the start. Later, film and television attempted to create well-rounded homosexual characters but focused in depicting gay stereotypes and how they shaped the public's impression of the gay community. These stereotypes created a non-threatening sissy gay and a warrior lesbian. Throughout history, heterosexual men are seen to be strong and proud of their masculinity and homosexuals have been perceived as lacking masculinity and feminine. Gay characters started to emerge in the 1990’s in both television and movies. Ellen DeGeneres and her character Ellen Morgan coming out under much scrutiny on the TV show ‘Ellen,’ which eventually led to her own talk show. The movie The Birdcage, with Robin Williams was about a gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion. Gays and lesbians have been around for a long time, especially in Hollywood, but more people started to come out in the 90’s. With the popularity of shows like Will and Grace, which feature leading gay characters, as well as the show Friends, Ross Gellar’s lesbian ex-wife Carol, marries her partner and happily co-parents her son with Ross. Over a period of time we are slowly seeing gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual...
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...between the two, since the media plays a central role in shaping and influencing. Although the media often has negative effects on our society and culture, such as body image and appearance, the media, such as television shows, are changing to include more diversity, which is beneficial to our culture. Lately there have been more shows that are displaying more diversity in their content. A Media content is changing as standards are. An example show that portrays African Americans as successful is Grey’s Anatomy, as opposed to mainly just Caucasians. The show was created by a Black woman and she wrote it so that the head of surgery is an African American male, and many of the other doctors are African American as well and all of them are highly respected on the show. One of the African American doctors is also a woman, which is sort of a "double plus." This can be very inspiring to younger generations, not just to those who aspire to be doctors, but to any who have a dream career. Grey's Anatomy shows that it does not matter what race you are or where you come from; a person can be successful without any of these factors making a difference. It also shows more diversity as it displays an African American doctor and an Asian doctor in a relationship, showing how interracial relationships are becoming more accepted and have evolved tremendously over time. These two races portrayed together much in the media and I think that it is good for popular television shows to popularize certain...
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...The yes and no questions followed by open-ended questions were examined to analyze if and how representations through media sources and stereotypes influenced or effected lesbians’ identity. All 6 participants self-identified as lesbian women, however interestingly enough, none of these women self-identified with any other denomination of lesbian (femme, butch, etc.). Four of the women gave no reasoning as to why they did not self-identity as such but one response included that others may have perceived her to identity as “femme” but that she did not identify Another response expressed her rejection of such categories of lesbianism, as they bring with them too many stereotypes that she felt were not always accurate of how she identified. We...
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...The social media has been used globally as a key vehicle for communication. Since the technology era began, it has played a major role in how people view certain events, races, professions, culture etc. The media is one of the most powerful forces out there, and it can put people together and pull apart as we can see in the ongoing presidential race. Nurses have had images ranging from the Angel of mercy to the sexual stereotype sometimes portrayed in works of fiction. The media portrayal on nurses has many negative impacts on the public’s image of nursing. About 70-80% of medical movies seen characterized nurses as a sexual object rather than professionals. After the media have created these images of nurses, people of the world began to keep the image in their mind and grew bias. Today, most medical dramas are physician dominated shows, offering viewers little to no truth about nursing profession. Shows like, ER, Grey’s Anatomy and House are three well-liked medical shows with a large audience. On most of the show, nurses are barely even a background noise, sometimes, they walk on and off the screen, dressed in tight fitted scrubs and holding clipboards contributing nothing to the care, meanwhile nurses are the largest group of health care professional providing direct patient care in hospital, and the quality of care is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff but the popular media today reflects just the opposite. The invisibility of nurses on hospital dramas...
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...Unfortunately, when it comes to Hollywood as a means of portraying the nursing profession, the media has failed us. The most popular medical dramas such as Grey’s Anatomy and House are physician dominated shows, offering viewers little to no truth about nursing profession. However, all the above shows fail to portray nurses with a positive image; most of the time the role of nurses is being undermined, insulting, or misrepresenting the profession. For example, on the show House, nurses are fairly irrelevant. Nurses are barley background noises; rather, it is the doctors providing direct bedside patient care in the hospital. In my 20 years of experience in nursing, I have never seen doctors spend so much time at the bedside with patient and performing tasks. I have worked in different settings, from a large teaching hospital to a small neighborhood hospital, and not even the interns and residents spend that much time giving direct patient care. For the general public and for the new generation who has not decided as what they want to be in life, this show portrays nursing as standing silently in the back ground. On all of the TV shows, the physician performs critical nursing tasks and this makes the doctors look more heroic and nurses look more incompetent and inessential. In these shows, we do not see nurses interacting with patients, but that is a misrepresentation of the profession, because we all know that nurses are the most in contact and interaction with patients and their...
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...However, nursing's contributions to healthcare may be transparent or even ignored by the public and the media. The media has an immense effect on the perceptions of society. Therefore, any misrepresentation of the nursing profession by the media may negatively affect nursing's public image. As nurses, we have a responsibility to the entire nursing profession to protect our image, and take action to ensure that the public is not mislead by the media. Over time, there have been many images of nurses purported by the media. Nurses play roles in movies, television series, plays, books, and in reality they may be seen on the news or in newspapers. Some suggest that these media portrayals are solely to blame for the public's misconceptions or stereotypes regarding nursing. In actuality, the public image of nursing has evolved as the nursing profession has evolved, even before media influence was a factor. In the late 1800's through early 1900's, nursing was viewed as more of a religious calling than a profession. Then, from 1920-1949, nursing was regarded as a skilled discipline (Kelly, 2010). One study, done by Kalisch and Kalisch in 1982, examined film images of nurses from silent films to the 1980s. They found the image of nursing in these films to be most positive during the World War II era. During that time nurses...
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...the way it was presented. The interviewee was an African American female who was a victim of a house fire. With the female being very passionate and animated while speaking in an urban accent, it provided for great entertainment. Sadly, that news interview lacked the appropriate representation of African Americans. The way media portrays a certain message “can have an inordinate influence on the public’s perception of blacks” (Holt 6). Audiences have been a witness to negative portrayal of African Americans since the days of “blackface”, where Caucasian American actors painted their faces black to depict African Americans. According to blog author Michelle Whalen, “now, more than ever, images of African Americans are transcending racial stereotypes and forging ahead into the fight for equality” (1). In the past two decades, media has been successful in providing positive progression in the portrayal of African Americans although some areas of television continue to have an absence in the proper cultural approach. The representation of African Americans in media has significantly progressed leading to the perceptions that African Americans have overcome the negative portrayal in media. In the column, “Distorted Reality” authors S. Lichter and Daniel...
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...Diversity in the United States Rick Dashnaw ETH/125 08/19/12 Beverly Sessoms Diversity in the United States This paper will discuss the different aspects of cultural and racial diversity in the United States. This assignment will include the effects of the media, and the effects of immigration on diversity. I will be discussing the possible ways to work towards a post-racism society nationwide. To get a better understanding of why people immigrate to the United States, we have to think about where they came from and why they decided to come here. This has helped me understand these questions, and have a different view towards immigration and diversity. I can understand that the circumstances and living conditions that these people have had to live with drove them out and to the United States for the freedoms and way of life. We cannot blame the immigrants for coming here because if the shoe was on the other foot it would have been us coming here to get away, and into the freedoms and liberty of the United States. As I am part of the white race in America, I have learned that my race is the most prevalent race in the United States, and always has been. Today, the children are much more diverse. If we look at it from an older to younger standpoint, “Older Americans are whiter. Younger Americans are more non-white.” (Claiborne, 2011). So we can look forward to a more diverse future with the next generations to grow up being very diverse. The white race may be outnumbered...
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...Final Hum/176 January 29, 2012 Angela Thomas Final Part One- Option #3 My reporter was caught fabricating sources and making up facts. The way I would deal with this situation is first evaluate how much damage was done. I would want to know the facts of the actual story and compare it to the fabrication. I would then attempt to control the damage to the best of my ability by removing it the best I could from the Internet and our website. After I evaluated how much damage was actually done, I would want their reasoning for doing something that they knew was wrong? I would explain to my employee that our role as a news station is to deliver the most credible information that we have, because we owe it to the public to give them the facts. I would ask them if they knew the importance of ethical and legal compliance to online information. The next step is to find out if any copyrighted information was used. If there was copyrighted information involved, lawsuits could be filed against our network. I would also explain that we could lose ratings and face penalties for giving inaccurate information. I would make sure that they understood the seriousness of their actions and the legal consequences they may face because of their poor choice. I would make sure that they understood that the media has changed dramatically in the last century and now everyone has access to the false story they wrote. The significance of immediate news media is that now people can get the...
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...HEATHER PENNINGTON The Effects of “Work” Spouse Relationships Social and Ethical Responsibility for Managers Pennington 6/19/2012 Lots of people have a spouse or significant other that they go home to every night after work. You may share you day with your spouse or listen as they share the day with you over dinner in the evening. But you might not be the only spouse that your husband or wife has, you may have the added competition of a work spouse. A work spouse is loosely defined as that person at work who is very close to you; they would be like your best friend in high school. Your work wife/husband is who you go on smoke breaks with, the person that you generally eat lunch with and someone you confide in when you need to vent about your day. There can be several issues with having a work spouse including ruining your marriage and crossing the line to inappropriateness. There is also an upside to having a work spouse that maybe over looked in the general appearance of the relationship. The big question that has to be answered though is it cheating, are you breaking the one of the Ten Commandments by having a work spouse? Are you committing adultery? Having a work spouse can be a rewarding relationship for both people at work and the true and original spouses as long as the boundaries of the relationship are understood by all and taking seriously for the potential harm that can happen. According to Vault.com, a career information website, in...
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...Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Case Study By: Melinda Brodbeck and Erin Evans Presented March 5, 2007 SITUATION: The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty (CFRB) began in England in 2004 when Dove’s sales declined as a result of being lost in a crowded market. Unilever, Dove’s parent company, went to Edelman, its PR agency, for a solution. Together, they conceived a campaign that focused not on the product, but on a way to make women feel beautiful regardless of their age and size. The following summer, CFRB was brought to the United States and Canada. CRFB aimed not only to increase sales of Dove beauty products, but also targeted women of all ages and shapes. According to the CFRB website, “The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a global effort that is intended to serve as a starting point for societal change and act as a catalyst for widening the definition and discussion of beauty. The campaign supports the Dove mission: to make women feel more beautiful every day by challenging today’s stereotypical view of beauty and inspiring women to take great care of themselves.” In addition to changing women’s view of their bodies, Dove also aimed to change the beauty market. In an industry where the standard of beauty is often a size two blonde supermodel, Dove distinguished itself by using models that ranged from size six to fourteen. CRFB abandoned the conventional cynical method of portraying “perfect” women as beauty role models. RESEARCH: Dove commissioned The Real Truth...
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...Asperger syndrome is a developmental disorder in which an individual “maintains adequate cognitive and language development but becomes severely impaired in social interaction”. Individuals with Asperger syndrome also develop “restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities” (Halgin & Whitbourne, 2010, p. 347). The most common misconception that many people seem to have about Asperger Syndrome is that all individuals with Asperger syndrome are exceptionally talented. One reason might be that Asperger Syndrome is not yet widely recognized by the people. Meanwhile, popular media, such as TV, movies, and magazines often portray characters that are diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome as wacky geniuses. Also, there have been a lot of speculations about many historical figures having Asperger syndrome; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Albert Einstein, and Vincent Van Gogh are some of the most well-known historical figures who may have had Asperger Syndrome. Despite all these, it is important for people to understand that not all people with Asperger Syndrome are gifted and not all people who are extremely talented have Asperger syndrome. Asperger syndrome is categorized into a disorder called Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Other diagnostic categories include autistic disorder, Rett’s disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (Mastropieri & Scruggs, 2010, p. 86). Individuals with...
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...Same Sex Marriage and Religion In the 21st century, the controversial debates about the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community and their rights are becoming more and more common in the media. Over millennia, same sex relationships have transformed from a socially accepted way of living in ancient times, to a social taboo with the birth of Christianity, and finally into a widely accepted way of living in the 21st century. Most sources of media, especially television shows have embraced this evolution and have become supporters of the LGBT community, these shows include some of the most popular series around the world such as Glee, Pretty Little Liars, Doctor Who, Grey’s Anatomy, and many more. Furthermore, many influential people are part of or advocates for the LGBT community. For instance, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Ellen DeGeneres and many more. Today I will talk about the history of LGBT rights and evaluate the supporting arguments and opposing arguments of this topic in today’s society by assessing a host of different media sources, including newspaper articles, magazine articles, and documentaries. First of all, I will present the history of LGBT rights and assess to what extent society has changed its views and ideas on this subject. The first evidence found on same sex couples were found in Egyptian hieroglyphics and old Mesopotamian records which demonstrated same sex relationships were accepted in their community. (Eskridge) Although this...
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...Born This Way - A Research Paper on Transgender Everyone has a gender; it is a thing affects everything in our lives. It affects how we act like and look like every day. However, have you ever thought about what is gender? Gender is the thing that describes the characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine or feminine (Nobelius). Today, most of the countries define gender base on the physical and genetic sexuality at birth. There is at least one transgender person, whose self-gender identity is different from the assigned gender sex at birth, in each 100 people (NCTE). Under the rules of our society, there are at least 70 million people living in the world without their identity. Loss of identity also comes with life-threatening discriminations and inequities to them. To solve this serious problem and to improve the harmony of the society, gender’s definition should be redefined to include transgender and not only base on the physical sexuality at birth. Before everything else, the most important question is: what is transgender? From the definition of Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, transgender is the state of one's self gender identity not matching one's assigned sex which based on physical sexuality at birth (GLAAD). To be easier to imagine, I would use a simple example. Imagine that your name is Tom. One day, while you are sleeping, someone assigns “Peter” as your name. After that, everyone starts calling you “Peter” while you can never...
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...University of Tennessee, Knoxville Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 12-2009 Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television D. Renee Smith University of Tennessee - Knoxville, drsmith@utk.edu Recommended Citation Smith, D. Renee, "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2009. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/10 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact trace@utk.edu. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by D. Renee Smith entitled "Peeking Out: A Textual Analysis of Heteronormative Images in Prime-Time Television." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Communication and Information. Catherine A. Luther, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Michelle T. Violanti, Suzanne Kurth, Benjamin J. Bates Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice...
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