3 pages - in 20 hrs !

WGS 3123

Social Justice and Social Change

Film Response 2

Watch the documentary Miss Representation (2012). It can be found on Netflix, various

streaming services like Youtube, and DVD copies are available at OU Library as well as most

public libraries. Answer the following questions:

1. Why did the director make the film? (max. 200 words)

2. How is the ideal of image of beauty becoming more extreme and impossible? (max. 200 words)

3. From where do most media organizations get their revenue and how does this funding influence media content? (max. 200 words)

4. In terms of female participation in the government, how does the United States compare to other countries? (max. 200 words)

5. How does reality TV function as a contemporary cultural backlash against women’s rights? (max. 200 words)

6. How are female politicians being described and discussed by the media? (max. 200 words)

7. What role did the media play in helping to re-domesticate women after World War II? (max. 200 words)

8. Why was there a media-driven backlash against feminism in the 1980s? (max. 200 words)

9. What is the impact of punditry—or the rise of political critics—in American media? (max. 200 words)

10. List 5 strategies presented in the end credit sequence that can help an individual to reduce sexism in American media and society. (max. 200 words)

Note: film titles must always be presented in italics

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Formatting

 12 point Times New Roman black font (no color!)  1 inch margins (or 2.54 cm)  double spacing  page numbers

 proper tabs (0.5 inch or 1.27 cm)  no pictures, graphics, or tables are allowed  no “tracked changes” should be visible

Style

 present ideas in complete sentences and use proper paragraph form (i.e. no point form!)  use subheadings to differentiate each question/answer  answer questions in the order that they are listed  do not exceed the maximum word length for each section

Submission

 submit the document to Canvas under the dropbox option  the deadline is listed on the course syllabus  paper submissions will not be accepted  no extensions will be granted for this assignment