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Final Exam Review GuideWhat is the tension between tabloids and those that they report on? - ANS-elite and
tabloid journalists must carefully decide when to expose information about public
figures.
- public figures are dependent on the media to gain attention and remain publicly salient
Why are tabloids so popular? - ANS-they disseminate information the public wants to
know-the personal and the intimate-and in doing so provide readers with brief moments
of subversion from often negative economic and political news.
ex:
- the 400 pound man imprisoned in his living room
- the 45 year-old conjoined twins finally separated
- alien visitors to planet earth
What is the ideological link between tabloid content and it's audience, according to
Elizabeth Bird (discussing in the Disciplining JLo reading)? - ANS-- most depict women
and white celebrities alongside human-interest, rags-to-riches, how-to, and self-help
stories
- a conservative one through its reaffirmation of the political and social status quo
What was the focus of media coverage of JLo in the early Jlo years? - ANS--
unequivocally emphasized her ethnically ambiguous, racially flexible, and desirable
body
- often coded as an ambiguously brown ethic-rarely coded as either white or black
What does it mean to be racially flexible? - ANS-
How did JLo use the "threat of excess" to challenge Hollywood norms of white femininity
(in the section Moving In To Blackness of chapter 2)? - ANS-- by wearing that green
Versace dress (like she always do); employing her performance of sexuality and style
drew unprecedented attention by breaking with normative notions of white femininity
and social acceptability
, What are 2 narratives about Lopez that circulated during her relationship with Ben
Affleck? - ANS-- being a lesbian because there was a tape of her having sex with men
and women
- morally questionable behavior
Metrosexual - ANS-refers to an urban heterosexual, cisgender male with a strong
aesthetic sense who spends a significant amount of time (and money) on his
appearance and lifestyle
Technosexual - ANS-- has a strong aesthetic sense and a love of gadgets
- the word is a combination of technophile and metrosexual
- to describe "a dandyish" narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban
lifestyle and gadgets
- a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side but has fondness for electronics
such as cell phones, PDAs, computers, software, and the web
Sportnosexual - ANS-- a social media and selfie-obsessed male who takes cues on his
appearance from sport and porn
- describes the second generation metrosexuals
Hegemonic Masculinity - ANS-a set proposed practices that promote the dominant
social position of women. Conceptually, proposes to explain how and why men maintain
dominant social roles over women, and other gender identities, which are perceived as
"feminine" in a given society
- focuses on practices as opposed to individual behaviors
- masculinity is contested
- some wiggle room/resistance room available to men who are marginalized by
hegemonic norm.
- it is possible that only few men occupy hegemonic position
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