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Is Media Representation of Men and Women Equal?: Conducting a "Penis Count" of the Mass Media
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Stalp, Marybeth. 2010. “Is Media Representation of Men and Women Equal?: Conducting a "Penis Count" Of the Mass Media”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, April. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/is-media-representation-of-men-and-women-equal.

Abstract

In many of my courses, I encourage students to examine the inequalities present in various social institutions, the Mass Media included. Students are doubtful when they read that gender representation is unequal (both in terms of numbers represented and how men and women are depicted differently). Despite the authority and research of gender scholars, I...

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Subject Area(s):
Mass Communication/Public Opinion
Resource Type(s):
Assignment
Class Level(s):
College 300

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