Week Seven

Week Seven
Gender stereotypes in the media

Last week we looked at how some minority groups are misrepresented in the media. This week we look at something called gender stereotypes, and how they affect how we see ourselves and the decisions we make in our everyday lives. 

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. What are stereotypes? Contribute to THIS document to get a better idea of what stereotype means
2. Watch THIS Youtube clip to get an idea of how gender stereotypes are reinforced in the media.
3. Look at THIS presentation to find about a bit more about the issue
4. Find an advertisement which you think reinforces gender stereotypes and paste the link, plus a description of why you think that, HERE

Your Learning intentions are this week are: 

• Understand that conventions are used to represent authority/or discredit a chosen perspective
• Understand what it means to ‘critically examine’ a source of information
• Look at how new media is changing our society’s knowledge production

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).