Break the Fake Quizzes
Test your fact-checking skills
These quick quizzes will help you start to learn how to spot suspicious posts.
Try to tell which stories are true or false in the News Quiz.
These quick quizzes will help you start to learn how to spot suspicious posts.
Try to tell which stories are true or false in the News Quiz.
Digital media such as social networks and video games have become increasingly important in the lives of children and youth. Even when young people are consuming other media, such as TV, music and movies, they’re likely to be doing it through the internet. As well, nearly all the media they consume, from TV shows to toys, have web pages, virtual worlds, video games or other digital spinoffs associated with them.
This section addresses the representation of men, boys and masculinity in the media. It covers topics such as media stereotypes of masculinity, how children see masculinity portrayed in media and how various media contribute to stereotypes of masculinity and male authority in sports and advertising. It also addresses the role that the media play in shaping attitudes about masculinity.
Various media analysts and researchers argue that media portrayals of male characters fall within a range of stereotypes.
In 2017, a research group discovered that what boys are seeing in the media and what they actually believe are vastly different.
Women professionals and athletes continue to be under-represented in news coverage, and are often stereotypically portrayed when they are included.
Sports media also contributes to the construction of masculinity in contemporary society.
Advertising is a major source of stereotyped representations of masculinity.
We all know the stereotypes—the femme fatale, the supermom, the sex kitten, the nasty corporate climber. Whatever the role, television, film and popular magazines are full of images of women and girls who are typically white, desperately thin, and made up to the hilt—even after leaping tall buildings or thwarting a gang of terrorists.
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