1. Lowe Morna, C. (2012)
2. Promoting Gender Equality In and Through the Media
2.1. A case study on the promotion of gender equality throughout South African mass media
2.2. Outlines issues concerning the portrayal of men & women in the media
3. Women Climbing the Ladder Experiences of Affirmative Action in South African Media.
3.1. Zuiderveld, M. (2014)
3.2. This article represents the struggle of women climbing up the ladder of success and how that’s represented in the media.
4. THEME 1: GENDER EQUALITY
4.1. Africa: Outdated Representations Continue to Deny Women Autonomy of Their ‘Personhood’.
4.1.1. This article examines how in some cases, African women continue to be subjected to outdated representations of who they are as people. This article is useful in learning how the representations neglect to show their true personality, but rather an outdated image of how society views them.
4.1.1.1. Kareithi, P. J. (2014)
5. INTRODUCTION
5.1. We are studying media effects, because we want to find out if “Not Your Mama’s Mama” changes audience member’s attitudes about African women, in order to understand the effectiveness of Mama Hope’s video.
6. CONCLUSION
6.1. We will restate the purpose of this study and our research question/hypothesis here.
7. The portrayals are largely based on society and cultural practices
8. THEME 2: MEDIA REPRESENTATION
8.1. Powerful women in powerless language: Media misrepresentation of African women in politics (the case of Liberia)
8.1.1. This source examines the media misrepresentation of african women in politics. It is useful to help understand how women are misrepresented by the use of language and how it effects the politics and the discourse they're involved in
8.1.2. Anderson, J. A., Diabah, G., & hMensa, P. A. (2011)
8.2. Rainbow Nation, Rainbow Advertising?
8.2.1. Maree, T., & Jordaan. Y. (2016)
8.2.1.1. Looks at the racial diversity of female portrayals in South African television commercials
8.3. You're dead---so what? : media, police, and the invisibility of black women as victims of homicide.
8.3.1. Neely, C.L. (2015)
8.3.2. This article highlights media representations of police and their interactions with the public. Being police brutality and interactions with the black community. Then the article relates to how the homicide of black women gets swept under the rug and reasons for the media not informing the public of these issues. This source will be helpful becaue it has statistics and the plight of African-(American) women.
8.4. Reclaiming Space: African Women's Use of Media as a platform to contest patriarchal representations of African culture--womanists' perspectives
8.4.1. Sesanti, S (2009)
8.4.2. This article seeks to examine how the entrance of women into traditionally male-dominated media spaces made a difference in terms of enlightening and educating media consumers about African culture.
8.5. Fair Representation of Women in the Media World
8.5.1. Osuala, I. Q., Deeko, L. L., & Omele, O. I. (2015)
8.5.2. Nigerian authors look at the unequal portrayal of women throughout the media, and offer possible solutions
8.6. Skin tone bias among African Americans: Antecedents and consequences across the life span.
8.6.1. Adams, E. A., Kurtz-Costes, B. E., & Hoffman, A. J. (2016)
8.6.2. This article is a developmental review of research on skin tone bias and its consequences for African Americans.
8.6.3. Summarizes research findings on skin tone attitudes, preferences, and stereotypes from childhood through adulthood.