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Oh god I need some help

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Pantone363 · 08/12/2014 10:53

I have an essay due in on wed Hmm

Ridiculous week, with kids sick, me sick and a broken down car. Basically meaning i've not even started it Blush

Its only 2500 words, 'In what ways could we consider the content of mass media to be ideological in nature'

So I have a vague idea of using Mulvey and the male gaze...and thats it. I could really really really do with some other ideas, maybe a criticism of Mulvey, some more thinkers on media and gender inequality.

Alternatively a link to an essay writing website would be handy...Tutors I jest if you are reading this!

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reddaisy · 08/12/2014 11:09

I could be completely off the mark but it really interests me that most media companies are owned by men, run by men and populated by male staff - how can they possibly represent female povs properly, effectively and fairly?

Had a quick google, and there are probably better sources than this, but here is an article which looks at stats to support what I said: theopedproject.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/the-byline-survey-2011

Good luck! At least it is not 10pm the night before it is due which is when I started most of my uni essays Wink

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Pantone363 · 08/12/2014 11:09

Not structured at all! Free writing really, but usually I would have done the reading so make up a loose structure as I go along.

Intro (general intro to mass media, ideology, where i'm going to focus (feminism, male gaze, gender inequality in the media)

Paragraph on the male gaze - what Mulvey says it is

Paragraph on examples where it can be found, how this shows that media is ideological

THEN NOTHING Confused

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BuffyWithChristmasEarings · 08/12/2014 11:00

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