How does the film, Dances with Wolves, employ the aesthetic convention of the Noble Savage OR the Vanishing Indian? First, identify and define the convention you have chosen. Next, describe at least one specific example of the use of the convention in a specific scene in the film (use course vocabulary). Cite your course lectures and readings in your answer. (approx. 150 to 350 words)

How Gendered Are Your Screens?Critically analyze the stories media tell about gender roles and expectations in society. Reflect on media messages and images you see that depict appropriate gender roles for women and men in American culture. How are gender roles similar? How are they different? Who has power and who is subservient? Consider who created the content and who consumes it, the purpose of the message, and the target audience in terms of age, race, gender and sexual identity, as well as (non)sexist language and images, and, if relevant, graphic design characteristics such as color, font, special features.Guidelines:Use media for at least 2 hours — watch TV shows or movies, play video games, listen to music or podcasts, interact on social media or browse online. Analyze the gender representations, who is responsible for producing them, and what effect the portrayals might have on society. Apply two theories to analyze gender and media: (1) reflection hypothesis and symbolic annihilation and (2) cultivation analysis. Be specific and use examples.Length: 2 pages double-spaced (approximately one page for each theory)  Guiding QuestionsThese questions are to guide your analysis. Use the schema above to make sure you cover all the concepts.Reflection Hypothesis and Symbolic Annihilation: ActionsWhat gender representations do you encounter when you use media? On which media platform do you read, see, hear or interact with them?Are gender roles accurately represented? In what ways, if any, are gender roles symbolically misrepresented? Are certain gender roles annihilated? Under-represented? Over-represented? Trivialized? Victimized? What are some examples?Do the gender representations reflect the status quo and dominant societal values or is there a time or culture lag? If yes, why? If no, why not?Who is the hegemonic power structure that produced the content? A movie studio? TV network? Music company? Game or web developer? Social media platform? Why did they greenlight the message? Why do you think they decided to depict gender roles in this way in the media content ?What is the purpose? Is it all about profit or are they being socially responsible?Who is the LCD? How do you know? How do the media producers appeal to the target audience and why?Cultivation Analysis: ActionsWhat is the cultivation effect? What is the mainstream view of the world different people might develop from their repeated exposure to the same messages about gender roles? How might watching, reading, listening or interacting with the same type of gender messages affect people's construction of social reality about gender roles?How does heavy exposure to these media messages resonate with different social categories? How do they resonate with you?Under what circumstances might there be a double dose effect? Do you experience a double dose effect? Why or why not?If gender messages are intermixed with violence, how does it affect the mean world syndrome?PreviousNext

This assignment will be comprised of four Journal Reflections. You will complete the journal entries and submit your answers within this assignment. This assignment should be completed in ONE document, and your answers should be separated by Journal Reflection # headings (4-7). Please contact your instructor using Canvas Messages with any questions you may have.