Digital Story Annotated Bibliography

Samantha Caruso-Taylor

Bibliography

FYS Digital media and social justice

1 December, 2014

Dockterman, Eliana. "Medals Aren't Enough: Female Olympians Still Have to Sell Sexiness." Time. Time, 12 Feb. 2014. Web. 30 Nov. 2014.

The article in Times Magazine is, “Medals Aren’t Enough: Female Olympians Still Have to Sell Sexiness.” This article highlights how women athletics have become more about their looks than their talents. When you see a female athlete in an add on on TV, it’s nothing to do with their talent and everything to do with their looks. This article argues how a female athlete’s looks are what sell them not their athletic talent. Many female athletes, especially Olympians admit in this article that they have to do anything to get endorsement, for their training during the four years that they’re off air. This article contributes to my project because it highlights one of my concerns female athletes being under appreciated, as a runner I want to be appreciated for what I do on the track not how I look in a bathing suit. This article will help inform me because it highlights the athlete side of the issue, which my other sources do not.

Mulvey, Laura. "The Male Gaze Laura Mulvey." The Male Gaze Laura Mulvey. Linkedin Corporation, 7 Oct. 2009. Web. 01 Dec. 2014.

This slide show explores the male gaze of the media, how the media portrays females changes how men look at women. How women are sexualized in the media defeats the role that they have, it becomes more about what they wear or being inferior to the men. The male gaze applies to women as well, when they see the way the media portrays women, they become jealous or think that that is how they need to look to get men. This slide show contributes to my project because it gives me an idea of how to get my point across and avoid the male gaze, if I provoke the male gaze my project will not have an everlasting effect. This slide show gives me specific examples of films or images that encourage the male gaze, examples of what not to present to avoid the male gaze. For my project I think that the number one priority for me would to be avoid visuals that encourage the male gaze. This slide show made me more aware of what the male gaze is and how it can take away from the point that I am trying to convey to the audience.

Miss Representation. Dir. Jennifer S. Newsom. Perf. Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Condoleeza Rice, and Gloria Steinem. Netflix. Jennifer S. Newsom, 2011. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.

The movie Miss Representation aims to educate viewers on the media’s portrayal of women. Throughout the film, statistics were provided to help the viewer understand the reality of the issue. This film raised some good points, for example “ women are put in films as sex objects, just body props for young men viewers” (Miss representation).  This point shows how women are rarely viewed as human beings in the media. This film helped me learn the shocking reality of the media and how they expose women. I will use consider this film when creating my project because the way they set up the film was useful. To have real life examples and statistics, gave the film variety to present their information. This source will help inform my project by highlighting the big problems with how the media portrays women.

Bahadur, Nina. "Women In The Media: Female TV And Film Characters Still Sidelined And Sexualized, Study Finds." The Huffington Post. 13 Nov. 2012. Web. 1 Dec. 2014.

This article provided even more statistics concerning women in the media and how it is affecting young girls in today's society. This article mentions how women are not portrayed as having powerful, important jobs but rather being skinny or looking the best. This article challenges directors to portray women in a way that girls can look up to them and boys respect them. Women need to take on bigger roles in the media, need to be given more lines that show their importance in the media. This article is helpful because it explains how the media influences the careers that girls aspire to have. The media has such a huge influence on young people and they should be taking advantage of that. This article raises a great point about how movie and TV program producers have a huge responsibility when it comes to portraying women in the media. This article will help me portray the importance of portraying women in careers that young girls will aspire to pursue as well. This article does a great job of highlighting the flaws of the media, but provides concrete improvements as well.