The representation of masculinity in cinema and on television : an analysis of fictional male characters
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Tarih
2022
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Revista Publishing
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Özet
Mass media, especially cinema and television, are important devices that build
and strengthen males and female roles in societies. The representation of
gender in media is crucial because individuals get to know gender roles in the
process of socialization. Besides the female identity, masculinity is also a
constructible element and fictional male characters produced both in cinema
and on television send messages about masculinity to the audience. In this
study, the male representation both in the television series and in films were
compared with this assumption and the question how male characters are
represented on the two different mass media is examined in Turkey.
Furthermore, the question "whether masculine representation reinforces the
existing patriarchal male image or produces an alternative male model" is in
the interest area of the study. The method of this study is reception analysis
and in-depth interviews were undertaken with audiences with different
demographic characteristics. As a result, it has been found that male
representations in cinema and television are produced with similar myths,
symbols, metaphors and messages, similar gender languages are used in
different media, and fictional male characters in cinema and television have
common characteristics.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Gender Studies, Masculinity Studies, Mass Media, Audience Studies, Turkey
Kaynak
European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
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Cilt
7
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1
Künye
Gürkan, H., Serttaş, A. (2022). The representation of masculinity in cinema and on television: An analysis of fictional male characters. European Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 7(1), 128-137.
