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Glee and new directions for social change /

In the fall of 2009, the Fox network took a bold step in their primetime television lineup. Borrowing from the success of reality music performance shows like its own American Idol, the network introduced us to the students at McKinley High School, a fictional high school in Lima, OH, and home to th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johnson, Brian C., 1972- (Editor ), Faill, Daniel K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : SensePublishers, 2015.
Colección:Youth, media, & culture series ; volume 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: Changing the World through a TV Series (Dan's Story); The Journey; "Loser Like Me"; "Don't Stop Believin'"; ESSAYS IN THIS BOOK; SECTION 1: THE FRAMEWORK; 1. USING THE "NEW DIRECTIONS" TO MOVE MEDIA VIEWERS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS: Examining the Effects of Glee Narratives on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions towards Stigmatized Groups; THE EFFECTS OF ELEVATION AND MUSIC ON ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORAL INTENTIONS; METHOD; Study Design and Participants; Experimental Conditions; Stimulus Material; RESULTS; GENERAL DISCUSSION; STUDY LIMITATIONS.
  • IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONREFERENCES; SECTION 2: BULLYING; 2. A GLEEK PERSPECTIVE ON SLUSHIE FACIALS: Fan Forum Posts about Portrayals of Bullying on Glee; ISSUES IN THE LITERATURE; FANDOM IN THE DIGITAL AGE; STUDIES OF ONLINE FANDOM; Trends across Fan Communities; STUDIES OF TEEN ONLINE FANDOM; FAN POSTS AS INSTANCES OF OVERFLOW AND RECEPTION; A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF GLEE FORUM POSTS; GLEEK RESPONSES TO BULLYING PORTRAYALS; THE CONTEXT OF BULLYING; Is Bullying Ever Justified?; Bullying Is No Joke; No Free Passes; Implications of Gleeks' References to the Context of Bullying.
  • LEARNING HOW TO RESPOND TO BULLYINGWhen to Step In; When to Back Down; Implications of Gleeks' Acknowledgment of Characters as Role Models; CATEGORIZING BULLYING; Types and Forms of Bullying; Anti-gay Bullying vs. "Regular" Bullying; Implications of Gleeks' Categorization of Bullying; FEELINGS TOWARD BULLY AND VICTIM CHARACTERS; Favoritism Affecting Reactions to Bullying; Implications of Gleeks' Feelings toward Characters; DISCUSSION: GLEE'S ROLE IN PROMOTING SOCIAL CHANGE; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; Summary of Major Bullying Plots in Glee Episodes.
  • 3. I'LL STAND BY YOU: Glee Characters' Multiple Identities and Bystander Intervention on BullyingDEFINING BULLYING; SOCIAL IDENTITIES & BULLYING; Sexuality; SUICIDE AND BULLYING; Adults Behaving Badly; Social Identity and Bystander Intervention; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SECTION 3: LGBTQ (MIS)REPRESENTATIONS; 4. GLEE GOES GAGA: Queering Concepts of High School Identity Formation; REFERENCES; 5. SOMETHING OLD & BORROWED: Homonormativity and Marriage in Glee; NORMAL NARRATIVES; TYPICAL TEENS; LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 6. KURT AND BLAINE: New Sexual Scripts for Gay Youth.
  • SEXUALITY AS A SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONMEDIA PORTRAYALS; GLEE FOLLOWS THIS NEW SEXUAL SCRIPT; GLEE AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE; THE FUTURE OF GLEE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 7. SUE SYLVESTER, COACH BEISTE, SANTANA LOPEZ, AND UNIQUE ADAMS: Exploring Queer Representations of Femininity on Glee; QUEER THEORY; GENDER, FEMINIST THEORY, AND FEMININITY; SUE SYLVESTER; COACH BIESTE; SANTANA LOPEZ; WADE/UNIQUE ADAMS; IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; SECTION 4: IDENTITY POLITICS; 8. GLEE AND "BORN THIS WAY": Therapeutic and Postracial Rhetoric; POSTIDENTITY AND POSTRACE DISCOURSES; THERAPEUTIC RHETORIC.