Making sense of common sense: A framework for tracking hegemony

Lewis, Charles

doi:10.1080/15295039209366832

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“…Hegemony is not total; it is challenged by alternative or oppositional forces (Condit, 1994;Lewis, 1992;Williams, 2001). Mass media provide "contested terrain" for hegemony (Condit, 1994;Hargreaves, 1994;Kellner, 1990).…”

Section: Media Sport and Hegemonymentioning

confidence: 97%

Challenge and Conformity on “Contested Terrain”: Images of Women in Four Women’s Sport/Fitness Magazines

2005

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Women's sport magazines were launched during the mid-to-late 1990s as a response to the growing women's sport movement in the United States. These magazines, including Real Sports, Sports Illustrated for Women, and Women's Sports & Fitness, were marketed as more active and sport-focused than established titles such as Shape, a popular magazine launched during the early 1980s for fitness-oriented women. Shape has been criticized by scholars for reinforcing male hegemony in US culture through its emphasis on sexual difference. In the present research, we analyzed photo images presented in Sports Illustrated for Women, Women's Sports & Fitness, and Real Sports to assess the reinforcement or rejection of sexual difference in these magazines as gauged against the presentation of sexual difference in Shape. The results show that the newer magazines do, to varying degrees, contest male hegemony more than Shape does. The impact of these magazines is discussed, and we speculate on the reasons that, although Shape continues to thrive, these magazines have ceased publication.

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Section: Media Sport and Hegemonymentioning

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Challenge and Conformity on “Contested Terrain”: Images of Women in Four Women’s Sport/Fitness Magazines

2005

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“…Though it holds the potential to introduce other religions, it still conveys the implicit acceptance of the familiar, through repeated Catholic images and references, and perpetuates the dominant view of that tradition. From this vantage point, the series becomes part of the media-created and perpetuated "terrain of ideology" (Lewis, 1992) that discounts outside religions, such as those depicted in single episodes. The tacit approval of content, indicated by viewership, thus contributes to a hegemonic notion regarding the legitimacy and credibility of some religions over others.…”

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confidence: 99%

Demon Hunters and Hegemony: Portrayal of Religion on the CW'sSupernatural

Engstrom

Valenzano

2010

Journal of Media and Religion

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The authors analyze the religious themes and portrayals in the television program Supernatural, aired on the CW television network since 2005. As fictional entertainment programming, Supernatural incorporates various religions and lore into its episodes, which feature its protagonists fighting monsters, demons, and the occasional evil human. Findings from a content analysis of 60 episodes from the first 3 seasons illustrate a religious hegemony that forwards Catholicism, in the form of weapons used to fight evil, such as holy water, and depictions of priests, as the main and most powerful opponent of evil. Non-Catholic, "other" religions, and their associated villainous characters, in contrast, serve as distractions for the protagonists, thus contributing even more to their marginal stature.

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“…Rather than a purposive, deliberate process by those in power (government, institutions, and media), Condit interpreted hegemony as a result of the most heard RELIGION IN REALITY TV voices or viewpoints within pluralism, "the hegemonic perspective assumes that there must be something universal (or at least general) in any successful claim in order for a wide variety of groups to identify with it" (p. 219). Thus, hegemony finds its strength not in the state in and of itself, but in basically all facets of society, and in individuals, as Lewis (1992) explained, "the 'common sense' of the social order (as various ideological formations) may originate in the collective; but, if persistent, it is soon internalized in the 'taken for grantedness' of the individual's natural attitude" (p. 283). Thus, hegemony finds its strength not in the state in and of itself, but in basically all facets of society, and in individuals, as Lewis (1992) explained, "the 'common sense' of the social order (as various ideological formations) may originate in the collective; but, if persistent, it is soon internalized in the 'taken for grantedness' of the individual's natural attitude" (p. 283).…”

Section: Hegemony and The Mass Mediamentioning

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Portrayal of Religion in Reality TV Programming: Hegemony and the Contemporary American Wedding

Engstrom¹,

Semic²

2003

Journal of Media and Religion

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We examined the treatment of religion in reality TV programming, namely The Learning Channel's A Wedding Story, by conducting a content analysis of 85 recently aired episodes. Results support a hegemonic portrayal regarding religion: most weddings were somewhat religious, Christian, held in a church, involved traditionally worded vows and few religious rituals, and included mention of the word God. We discuss the program's potential to provide viewers with more diverse religious portrayals.

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Making sense of common sense: A framework for tracking hegemony

Cited by 35 publications

References 14 publications

Challenge and Conformity on “Contested Terrain”: Images of Women in Four Women’s Sport/Fitness Magazines

Challenge and Conformity on “Contested Terrain”: Images of Women in Four Women’s Sport/Fitness Magazines

Demon Hunters and Hegemony: Portrayal of Religion on the CW'sSupernatural

Portrayal of Religion in Reality TV Programming: Hegemony and the Contemporary American Wedding

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