Working title
To what extent are Females within
reality TV shows represented in negative aspect and what affects does it have
on its viewers.
Angle
What impact
does the stereotype on reality TV shows have on it audiences? Are female
audiences effected by reality TV ?
Are the
negative representations and stereotypes of the females on reality TV shows
true to any extent?
Hypothesis
Reality TV
shows represent females in a negative aspect Females are constantly being shown
as the typical dumb blonde with no education, most are seen as searching for 15
minutes of fame that try to build a career on reality shows.
Linked production piece
(Maybe)
Magazine article report and link it by discussing how representations of
females can be constructed and reinforced
MIGRAIN
Media language
· High key
lightings
· voice over
· Mainly
beginning and end narration
· Continuous
editing
· Glamorous
clothing’s and hair
· Dumb down
females
· Good looking
males causing conflict between females
· Male Gaze
· Close
ups
Diegetic and
non-diegetic sounds
Institution
· Itv1 & 2
· E4
MTV
MTV
Genre
· Reality TV
· narrative
mini series
Representations
· Stereotypes
are reinforced
· Females
are portrayed as females in a
negative aspect such
as vain with
low self-esteem.
Audiences
· Mainly
female audiences
· C1-C2
· 16-30
SHEP
Social: change in attitude in society are taken place.
Historical: Gender roles- the traditional gender roles- throughout history and even today we see women
who need/feel to dress and act a certain way or they will not be accepted by
men and the rest of society First reality TV show was in 1948 called Smile you’re on Candid Camera. Early 2000 they used to show reality TV shows to show the medical reality within hospitals such as real live footages of females giving birth. Then types of genres started changing into music reality TV shows causing representations of females to start changing.
Economical: 'The producer, writers and the actors wants to
make money.' people will do anything to get enough money.
Political: Dumbing down -
Issues and Debates
· Representation
& stereotyping
I will be discussing how females within reality TV shows are represented poorly and also what the stereotypes of females in reality TV shows are. As there are many stereotypes and negative representations within reality TV shows such as these women having hardly any education and trying to build a career out of their reality TV fame.
I will be discussing how females within reality TV shows are represented poorly and also what the stereotypes of females in reality TV shows are. As there are many stereotypes and negative representations within reality TV shows such as these women having hardly any education and trying to build a career out of their reality TV fame.
· Moral
panic
Females representation are often a topic of moral panic, this is because females within the media have changed over the past 30 years. Women have to maintain that glamorous, sexy, perfect look to get in and stay within the media industry. This makes especially the younger female generations to think if you don’t look perfect you will never be successful within the media industry. This then causes the younger generation to think that in order for them to be successful they need to dumb themselves down and sexualize themselves. Younger female generation may look up to these females and aspire to be like them in the future. Makes us think are the new generation of females going to be like reality TV females?
Females representation are often a topic of moral panic, this is because females within the media have changed over the past 30 years. Women have to maintain that glamorous, sexy, perfect look to get in and stay within the media industry. This makes especially the younger female generations to think if you don’t look perfect you will never be successful within the media industry. This then causes the younger generation to think that in order for them to be successful they need to dumb themselves down and sexualize themselves. Younger female generation may look up to these females and aspire to be like them in the future. Makes us think are the new generation of females going to be like reality TV females?
· Reality
TV
My case study is based about reality TV shows in general and its representations.
My case study is based about reality TV shows in general and its representations.
· Media
effects
This relates to my study because I will be analysing and discussing about the concerns and effects of reality TV shows that it may have on the audiences and the media industry in general especially for the younger female audiences and what effects it may have on them. As some of the audiences may actually believe these stereotypes.
This relates to my study because I will be analysing and discussing about the concerns and effects of reality TV shows that it may have on the audiences and the media industry in general especially for the younger female audiences and what effects it may have on them. As some of the audiences may actually believe these stereotypes.
THEORIES
· Gender
theories
These theories relates to my case study as my main topic which I will be discussing is about the representations of the female gender. One of the theories that I will be including in my study isLaura Mulvey theory scopophilia where women are objectified this will allow me to explain in greater detail and understanding why the female gender in reality TV shows are shown in that way for example gender theories suggest that it’s to target a specific audience.
These theories relates to my case study as my main topic which I will be discussing is about the representations of the female gender. One of the theories that I will be including in my study isLaura Mulvey theory scopophilia where women are objectified this will allow me to explain in greater detail and understanding why the female gender in reality TV shows are shown in that way for example gender theories suggest that it’s to target a specific audience.
· Audience
theories
Audience theories will be included in my study as I will be looking at how the audiences are female audiences are influenced or have a change of behaviour regarding to reality TV shows. E.g. Effects theory, uses and gratification theory.
Audience theories will be included in my study as I will be looking at how the audiences are female audiences are influenced or have a change of behaviour regarding to reality TV shows. E.g. Effects theory, uses and gratification theory.
Research Plan
Main text
Geordie shore (UK)
Texts
· Geordie Shore
· American next top model
· The Hills
TV documentaries
- Family guys? What sitcoms say about america Now- BBC TWO- How the the situations in society is reflected within tv show
- Sex story: fifty shades of grey-Channel 4- how people are more open about sex and sexual relationships
Academic texts/books
· Image and Representation: Key Concepts in Media Studies; Nick Lacey
· Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV;Jennifer Pozner
· Gender and the Media; Rosalind Gill
· Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices (Culture, Media and Identities series); Stuart Hall – (talks about representations in the media industry in general)
(The matter of representation
determines how we are seen or treated in society'- Richard Dyer)
Internet Links
- http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/548/women-in-american-media-a-culture-of-misperception America being media obsessed.
- · http://revisionworld.co.uk/a2-level-level-revision/sociology/mass-media-0/media-representations-age-social-class-ethnicity-gender-sexuality-and-disability : Almy et al. (1984) argue that media representations of gender are important because they enter the collective social conscience and reinforce culturally dominant (hegemonic) ideas about gender which represent males as dominant and females as subordinate.
- · http://www.forbes.com/sites/worldviews/2012/04/20/what-reality-tv-is-doing-to-women/ : " Could it be possible that the woman on reality TV is now representative of the woman next door?"
- · http://www.missrepresentation.org/reality-tv/reality-tv-the-self-esteem-of-women/ : “how sure are we that this new generation of young women can distinguish fact from fiction or real life from reality?”
