‘FRENCH EXCEPTION’ OR FRANCE-NEW ZEALAND CONNECTION? MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN HIGH POLITICAL OFFICE IN FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND (AUBRY, CLARK, SHIPLEY)

This article examines the potential of utilising representations of luxury in second homes to chart the changing patterns of conspicuous consumption. It is situated within a New Zealand context and based on the analysis of representations of luxury in second homes in an architecture/lifestyle magazine from 1936 to 2015. A qualitative thematic analysis was carried out on the written and visual text of 305 second home articles. The findings are divided into time periods which relate to distinct socio-cultural, political and economic events and ideologies that have influenced New Zealand society. The analysis reveals a change from ‘quiet luxury’ during the war years to the luxury of imported products, reflecting a fascination with first American and then European style in the mid-century. It also shows a change from a reputed cultural reticence to display one’s wealth to the flagrant conspicuous consumption of luxury goods and services in the 1980s which aligns with the rise of new wealth after the introduction of neoliberalism in the country. Finally, the variance between representations of luxury during recessionary times in the 1970s and 2000s demonstrates a change in attitude towards conspicuous consumption.

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Brave women sound the alarm – representations of men and women in the Swedish media coverage of #MeToo

Journalistica - Tidsskrift for forskning i journalistik ◽

10.7146/journalistica.v14i1.123504 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 14-46

Author(s):

Hillevi Ganetz ◽

Lisa Lindqvist

Keyword(s):

Sexual Assault ◽

Critical Discourse Analysis ◽

News Media ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Media Representations ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Bearing Witness ◽

Sexual Predators ◽

The Many ◽

Representations Of Women

In autumn 2017 in Sweden, the #MeToo movement and sexual assault became a focus of broad debate. Swedish media coverage of the movement was centred around the many petitions made by anonymous groups of women to illuminate the extent of the problem of sexual assault, as well as a few cases of accusations against well-known and powerful men in both the culture and media industries. In order to elicit common representations of men and their female accusers, this study applies critical discourse analysis (CDA) to news media coverage and Facebook comments of three of those accused men: TV personality Martin Timell, journalist Fredrik Virtanen and culture personality Jean-Claude Arnault. The results indicate that representations of women as both witnesses and heroines work to reinforce notions of female responsibility as a means to halt sexual assault, while representations of men as sexual predators build on demarcations of illegal and mere misogynistic or “bad” behaviour, which in turn reinforce notions of male victimhood. These representations point to legal discourse as hegemonic, as it seems to limit the discussion and only present individual solutions, such as women bearing witness, to the structural problem of sexual assault. Simultaneously, the results indicate that the #MeToo movement and other feminist discourse have also had an effect on news media representations of sexual assault by broadening the concept beyond the consent/rape dichotomy.

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Intercollegiate Media Guides as Contested Terrain: A Longitudinal Analysis

Sociology of Sport Journal ◽

10.1123/ssj.22.2.214 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 214-238 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Mary Jo Kane ◽

Jo Ann Buysse

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Gender Differences ◽

Title Ix ◽

Female Athletes ◽

Media Representations ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Cultural Narratives ◽

Sharp Decline ◽

Contested Terrain ◽

Representations Of Women

In the aftermath of the passage of Title IX, Michael Messner laid the theoretical groundwork for what was at stake as a result of this landmark legislation. He argued that women’s entrance into sport marked a quest for equality and thus represented a challenge to male domination. He further argued that media representations of athletic females were a powerful vehicle for subverting any counterhegemonic potential posed by sportswomen. Scholars should therefore examine “frameworks of meaning” linked to female athletes because they have become “contested terrain.” Our investigation addressed Messner’s concerns by examining the cultural narratives of intercollegiate media guides. We did so by analyzing longitudinal data from the early 1990s through the 2003–04 season. Findings revealed an unmistakable shift toward representations of women as serious athletes and a sharp decline in gender differences. Results are discussed against a backdrop of sport scholars in particular—and institutions of higher education in general—serving as agents of social change.

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Constructing the Other: News media representations of a predominantly ‘brown’ community in New Zealand

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v23i1.33 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 225 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jean M Allen ◽

Toni Bruce

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

News Media ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Media Representations ◽

The Other ◽

Racial Groups ◽

Economic Community ◽

Minority Communities ◽

Pacific Community

Research worldwide finds that indigenous, non-white, immigrant and other marginalised communities are subjected to media coverage that negatively and narrowly stereotypes them in comparison to dominant racial groups. In this article, we explore media representations of a predominantly Pacific and lower socio-economic community in New Zealand. The results contribute to the literature regarding media coverage of minority communities through an analysis of 388 news articles, drawing on Freire’s (1996/1970) theory of antidialogical action to consider how power is used to marginalise the predominantly Pacific community of South Auckland. The results demonstrate that South Aucklanders are subjected to stereotypes and negative labelling that reinforce their marginalisation and exclusion from mainstream New Zealand culture.

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