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Avatar
The word avatar is adapted from the Sanskrit for “descent,” used to describe a Hindu god emerging from the heavens and bodily manifesting itself in order to intervene in human affairs. Generically, the term can refer to any representation of a ...
- Barthes, Roland
- Berger, John
- Bordo, Susan
- Boyd, Danah
- Doane, Mary Ann
- Douglas, Susan J.
- Ellul, Jacques
- Fiske, John
- Gamson, Joshua
- Giroux, Henry
- Guerrilla Girls
- Hall, Stuart
- Hanna, Kathleen
- hooks, bell
- Jenkins, Henry
- Jervis, Lisa
- Jhally, Sut
- Kellner, Douglas
- Kilbourne, Jean
- Kruger, Barbara
- Lasn, Kalle
- McChesney, Robert
- McLuhan, Marshall
- Miller, Mark Crispin
- Moyers, Bill
- Mulvey, Laura
- Radway, Janice
- Rushkoff, Douglas
- Steinem, Gloria
- Cognitive Script Theory
- Critical Theory
- Cultivation Theory
- Desensitization Effect
- Discourse Analysis
- Encoding and Decoding
- Feminism
- Feminist Theory: Liberal
- Feminist Theory: Marxist
- Feminist Theory: Postcolonial
- Feminist Theory: Second Wave
- Feminist Theory: Socialist
- Feminist Theory: Third Wave
- Feminist Theory: Women-of-Color and Multiracial Perspectives
- Gender Schema Theory
- Hegemony
- Ideology
- Male Gaze
- Mass Media
- Media Convergence
- Media Ethnography
- Media Globalization
- Media Rhetoric
- Mediation
- Patriarchy
- Polysemic Text
- Postfeminism
- Postmodernism
- Post-Structuralism
- Quantitative Content Analysis
- Queer Theory
- Reception Theory
- Scopophilia
- Semiotics
- Simulacra
- Social Comparison Theory
- Social Construction of Gender
- Social Learning Theory
- Televisuality
- Textual Analysis
- Transgender Studies
- Transsexuality
- Beauty and Body Image: Beauty Myths
- Beauty and Body Image: Eating Disorders
- Class Privilege
- Heterosexism
- Homophobia
- Identity
- Intersectionality
- Minority Rights
- Misogyny
- Prejudice
- Racism
- Sexism
- Sexuality
- Stereotypes
- Violence and Aggression
- Avatar
- Blogs and Blogging
- Cyberdating
- Cyberpunk
- Cyberspace and Cyberculture
- Cyborg
- Electronic Media and Social Inequality
- E-Zines: Third Wave Feminist
- Hacking and Hacktivism
- Hypermedia
- Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games
- Multi-User Dimensions
- Online New Media: GLBTQ Identity
- Online New Media: Transgender Identity
- Social Inequality
- Social Media
- Social Networking Sites: Facebook
- Social Networking Sites: Myspace
- Viral Advertising and Marketing
- Virtual Community
- Virtual Sex
- Virtuality
- Web 2.0
- Wiki
- YouTube
- Audiences: Producers of New Media
- Audiences: Reception and Injection Models
- Fairness Doctrine
- Federal Communications Commission
- Media Consolidation
- Network News Anchor Desk
- New Media
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Workforce
- Advertising
- Children's Programming: Cartoons
- Children's Programming: Disney and Pixar
- Comics
- E-Zines: Riot Grrrl
- Film: Hollywood
- Film: Horror
- Film: Independent
- Graphic Novels
- Men's Magazines: Lad Magazines
- Men's Magazines: Lifestyle and Health
- Music: Underrepresentation of Women Artists
- Music Videos: Representations of Men
- Music Videos: Representations of Women
- Music Videos: Tropes
- Newsrooms
- Pornification of Everyday Life
- Pornography: Gay and Lesbian
- Pornography: Heterosexual
- Pornography: Internet
- Radio
- Radio: Pirate
- Reality-Based Television: America's Next Top Model
- Reality-Based Television: Makeover Shows
- Reality-Based Television: Wedding Shows
- Romance Novels
- Sitcoms
- Soap Operas
- Sports Media: Extreme Sports and Masculinity
- Sports Media: Olympics
- Sports Media: Transgender
- Talk Shows
- Textbooks
- Toys and Games: Gender Socialization
- Toys and Games: Racial Stereotypes and Identity
- Tropes
- Tween Magazines
- Video Gaming: Representations of Femininity
- Video Gaming: Representations of Masculinity
- Video Gaming: Violence
- Women's Magazines: Fashion
- Women's Magazines: Feminist Magazines
- Women's Magazines: Lifestyle and Health
- Gay and Lesbian Portrayals on Television
- Gender and Femininity: Motherhood
- Gender and Femininity: Single/Independent Girl
- Gender and Masculinity: Black Masculinity
- Gender and Masculinity: Fatherhood
- Gender and Masculinity: Metrosexual Male
- Gender and Masculinity: White Masculinity
- Gender Embodiment
- Heroes: Action and Super Heroes
- Television
- Affirmative Action
- Cultural Politics
- Culture Jamming
- Diversity
- Empowerment
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Gender Media Monitoring
- Media Literacy
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