Are new television
series, such as 'Pretty little liars' creating more equal representations of
women, or are they reinforcing traditional stereotypes?
- Women in the 21st century have made a
progression towards breaking the glass ceiling as they are portrayed using
equal representations between genders within tv series such as 'pretty
little liars'
Section 1: Introduction (250):
- Introduce with stating the progress of feminist movements in the last 50 years has..
- Introduce with stating the progress of feminist movements in the last 50 years has..
- Brief summary on How
women are represented in PLL.
- introduce historical
texts, is the representation the same as it is in the modern era or has it
changed?
- state what the
essay will be exploring.
Section 2:
How are women represented in PLL.
-What is PLL about
-how are women
represented in PLL- Short summary on the impact representation of women Pretty
Little Liars offers a refreshingly realistic portrait of positive relationships
between high school girls, as well as one of the most balanced portrayals of a
gay teen currently on television. While the melodrama provokes and
titillates, it is the realistic dynamic between the main characters that draws
in viewers from surprisingly varied demographics and makes this show a positive
addition to the television line-up aimed at young women.
https://prettylittleliarsproject.wordpress.com/
- different types of
stereotypes shown in the show
- Link back to
question
Texual analysis - opening of PLL
(see blog) - talk
about how this represents women.
Link back to question
Section 3:
audience - how are they affected?
- Talk about their
audience, who are they?
its target
audience is teen girls,.
On
social media, “Pretty Little Liars” was easily the night’s #1 most social
TV show, as aTwitter TV audience of 3.8 million people saw over 426,000 tweets
by more than 153,000 unique authors, generating over 19.9
million impressions. Moreover, “Pretty Little Liars” was
Tuesday’s most engaging cable TV program with nearly 1.4 million engagements,
including 684,000 on Instagram and 589,000 on Facebook, according to the
ListenFirst Media Digital Audience Ratings for Television (DAR-TV).
- "the
number one show for women aged 12 to 34." http://mic.com/articles/78443/what-pretty-little-liars-knows-about-women-and-ratings#.ZX8g5G8ID
- What do the audience
feel about the streotypes?
- how would it affect
them?
- link back to texual
analysis, how it affects audience/impact?
- theories? hypodermic
needle; opinion leaders?
Link back to question
Section 4:
historical text - 'charmed'
historical text - 'charmed'
- In this paragraph I will be
focusing on the extract of charmed - fighting scene
This scene is a fight
scene of Phoebe, Piper and Cole against mythical creatures.
· This
will be followed by the textual analysis - linking to women
representations-alternative - goes againsts berger's theory of ways of seeing -
check historical analysis on blog
· In
a separate paragraph I will link this scene to Feminism
issues/debates and briefly include what the roles of women were in the 90's and
how it is projected in this programme
· I
will end the paragraph by comparing my primary text to PLL opening
sequence and refer back to my essay question. (This historical example
establishes that the representation of (PLL characters) challenges the
traditional female stereotypes - supporing my argument
Section 5:
Another text - Gossip Girl.
-What kind of show is it? Similar or different to PLL?
-How are women represented? (always looking their best to maintain their popular girl image) ~ [relate to blair and serena.] -types of costume etc..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz8Q6m0_dBA
- Does it reinforce or challenge traditional stereotypes? ~ dominant or alternative?
- How does the way they are represented in GG differ from PLL?
Section 6:
Issues and debates
moral panics.
-There is a sense
of moral panic as some events occur more than once, which
makes the audience more concerned about the issue.
-how do certain events
create a sense of moral panic in society?
“the mother of hanna
agrees to get sexually involved with a cop so that hanna will not be charged
for shoplifting and ruin their reputation.”
-causes controversy,
talk about feminism..
(S,P)
Representations
and stereotyping
A woman’s primary source of power lies between her legs; sex is a commodity.
[Relate to the previous scene about hanna's mum, using sex to protect her daughter]
displays that the price of a misdemeanour is the loss of consent and authority on the womans part and also a woman giving her up in this way is the only way to have some level of power.
> quote from hanna's mum - (“In a small town like this, what people think about you matters… I buy you everything you need to be popular.”) ~ what does this show? how would this affect the viewers? Positive or negative?
Media
effects
Media effects, as audiences identify with the texts and may change the way they do certain things. As, after arguing the girls see where misunderstandings may have risen. The audiences could re-evaluate their lives after watching the show and make sure these issues don't occur in there lives.
Media effects, as audiences identify with the texts and may change the way they do certain things. As, after arguing the girls see where misunderstandings may have risen. The audiences could re-evaluate their lives after watching the show and make sure these issues don't occur in there lives.
Feminism through the show
>>How are women encouraged to behave due to feminism in the show?
~encourages young girls and even older women to be strong in who they are and to trust those they surround themselves by. It reminds them to act with a noble character and be confident as a woman, even in the face of scrutiny or trials. [HOW?]
-None of the girls regrets their eventual decision to have sex with their boyfriends at certain points in the show. All of them own their loss of virginity and their sexuality. Even Emily, who eventually embraces her sexuality of being a lesbian.
-They spend more time discussing their problems with each other than with their boyfriends which each of them do have. They demonstrate a lack of trusting in each of their male counterparts before they are proven trustworthy over time.
~encourages young girls and even older women to be strong in who they are and to trust those they surround themselves by. It reminds them to act with a noble character and be confident as a woman, even in the face of scrutiny or trials. [HOW?]
-None of the girls regrets their eventual decision to have sex with their boyfriends at certain points in the show. All of them own their loss of virginity and their sexuality. Even Emily, who eventually embraces her sexuality of being a lesbian.
-They spend more time discussing their problems with each other than with their boyfriends which each of them do have. They demonstrate a lack of trusting in each of their male counterparts before they are proven trustworthy over time.
. Often times, photos and reminders are taken and left for the girls from
a distance. “A” does this to remind the girls that they are being watched
carefully and scrutinized. They are never able to hide. This denotes the way
our society views women. They are often judged and critiqued harshly by the way
they act, dress and speak. There is a particular cultural model that society
has for women to act by.
Section 7:
conclusion
conclusion
- Answer
the question .. In my opinion
- Give
a balanced argument and show that both sides are relevant
- Based
on my primary text and recent tv shows ; there has been some change in women
representation / give examples
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