Sexuality

• How does the media tend to represent the LGBT?

  They tend to present inaccurate stereotypes of LGBT groups or ignore them altogether
• How can you use symbolic annihilation in correspondence to sexuality?

  Because the media’s representations of LGBT identities can be negative, or even non-existent
• What did Batchelor suggest about homosexuality?

  that the media often sugggest being gay as being embarrassing. She also said that lesbianism is completely ignored by media aimed at young people
• what did Craig sugggest about gay men?

  That in the media they are stereotyped as being ‘camp’, ‘macho’, or ‘deviant’. Many TV shows use gay ‘camp’ characters for comic relief
• How is being gay characterised?

  As a problem, with many gay characters struggling to come to terms with their sexuality
• What did Gauntlett suggest about the representations of sexuality?

  He argues that things are improving, people are more accepting of a wide range of sexual identities because a positive representation of sexuality in the media is increasing