"How does the media represent women? Refer to the closing scenes of "Dirty Dancing" and another media text of your choice in your answer.

... Media Coursework "How does the media represent women? Refer to the closing scenes of "Dirty Dancing" and another media text of your choice in your answer. The dictionary definition of media is "means of mass communication e.g. Television, Radio and Newspapers." The given examples are all good examples of businesses communicating with the general public and are part of everyday life. The media can portray many views about the way of life whether it social, religious or economical. During the fifteen years of my life, I have experienced many situations where women have been represented as inferior to men. This started even when I was a little girl. While boys played with heroic figures such as Action Man and Power Rangers, my friends and I had to play with Barbie dolls, Baby All Gone and plastic kitchens pretending to cook food. This shows that influences from the past start to make an

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