Editing Terms Test

Peer assessment

What do the following media terms

mean?

Denotation

Mise-enscene

Connotation

Media Studies: TV Drama Key concepts

Gender representation
Warm-up
Write down
5 Masculine stereotypes
5 Feminine stereotypes

Key words
Masculinity
Femininity
Androgynous
Gender
stereotypes
Effeminate
Patriarchal

Male Stereotypes

Male Stereotypes

Male Stereotypes

Female Stereotypes

Female Stereotypes

Female Stereotypes

When did gender stereotyping

start?

Think about the first children toys you wanted.

Boys Toys

Girls Toys

Compare Hotwheels and Bratz

What gender stereotypes do they use?

Hotwhee
ls

Bratz

Adhere
(follow)
Subvert
(go
against)

DEFINE THE FOLLOWING IN A

SENTENCE:

MASCULINE
FEMININE

COMPARE YOUR DEFINITIONS TO THE

DICTIONARY DEFINITION

Dictionary Definition of Masculine

Having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as
strength and boldness.
Adhere (follow) masculine stereotypes.

Dictionary Definition of Feminine

Characterized by or possessing qualities traditionally
attributed to a woman.
Subvert (go against) masculine stereotypes.

Androgynous

What do
you think
this term
might
mean?

Effeminate

What do you think this

term might mean?

Patriarchal Society

What do you
think this term
might mean?

Laura Mulvey: The Male Gaze

A feminist theory that states that the media has a
masculine ideology
When men see a woman actor they look at her, and when
they see a male actor they look with him or put themselves
in his place.
When women see a woman actor they also look at her, and
hence see her through a male gaze.

Pink Stupid girls

What stereotypes are represented in the music video, Stupid
Girls?
What is the moral of the video?

Girl power?

Challenging stereotypes
Create a character that challenges
male or female stereotypes
You may draw and label

Pink
stereotype
s

Pink Stupid girls

POINT
Stereotype

Denotation

Connotation

The denotation in the

This scene represents
scene of the girl
that girls are more keen
shopping shows a
to adhere to the male
young woman with
gaze to fulfil masculine
ideology. Girls are more
Make a point many shopping bags
in her hand. The
interested in looking good
The music
mise-en-scene of her
that they are too
video of Pinks
costume denotes her distracted to even know
stupid girls
represents the wearing lots of makewhat is important in life,
stereotype that
up and accessories. this is highlighted as the
females love
As she shops she
girl walks into the glass
shopping.
walks into a shops
window.
glass window.
Identify a
stereotype:
Girls love
shopping

Key words
Denote
Connote
Adhere
Subvert
Stereotype
Ideology
The male gaze
Patriarchal society
Masculine ideology
Androgynous