Tuesday, 25 May 2021

SOCIAL & CULTURAL CONTEXTS in THE OBSERVER 1960s

 Representation of women 

* Queen visits the Mourning Valley, looking very "solemn"

*Women are typically represented in ads such as the Wolsey ad.

* A darker skinned woman is shown with a white man with the quote "Jackie: we are happy"

mentions of ethnicity (or lack of it)

* A story about a mixed race couple that was deemed newsworthy 

* "Briton shoots a gold" there was a protest for black power at the Mexico Olympics.

* there was very little representation

Social conditions

*" lawyers urge divorce by consent"

* "police will appease marchers"


at

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous26 May 2021 at 01:00

    Your third comments conflates two separate articles: 'mixed marriage' and Kennedy's widow
    Jane Asher -actress
    Barbara Castle -politician

    change in divorce laws potentially destabilising

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

02 news: representation

1 which women are represented and how they are represented?  Women are under represented in the 1960s Observer which reflects a patriarchal ...

  • TV in the 2010's
      1. Explain technological convergence. [2] Technological convergence means that television is available on television sets, games consoles,...
  • how musicians are displayed on Mojo covers
      ·        The way that John Lennon is presented on this magazine cover is quite stereotypical of the way rock stars are typically seen as, ...
  • The observer's twitter page
     * the description that the Twitter user gives is very vague with just the words "Tomorrow's front page", telling the readers ...