J. Huemmer, Xiaoling Zhang, H. Wasserman, Jessica Foumena, W. Mano
{"title":"2. Longer Single Book Reviews","authors":"J. Huemmer, Xiaoling Zhang, H. Wasserman, Jessica Foumena, W. Mano","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2016.1274212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2016.1274212","url":null,"abstract":"Hunting Girls by Kelly Oliver (Vanderbilt University) examines sexual assault and rape reporting in the era of social media. The book begins with a provocative illustration of how young girls are positioned as “trophies” in popular media like the television show America’s Next Top Model. This current mainstream example is then positioned in the context of historical myths about raping “dead” or unconscious princesses. Oliver’s introduction expertly walks the reader through the problem of “party rape” and the role social media of social media in sexual assault, thereby positioning the reader to follow her argument about problematic representations of young women in media. The book is divided into an introduction, three chapters and a conclusion. The introduction explains how party rape, “creepshots” on social media, and the portrayal of women in media intersect in culture. Chapter one then interrogates and deconstructs the connotations of rape that exist in mythical fairytales like Sleeping Beauty. Oliver uses her analysis of these fairytales to critically analyze depictions of consent (or lack thereof) in modern films like Twilight, Divergent, and Fifty Shades of Grey. Chapter two describes “creepshots” as pictures taken of women and girls without their consent and then posted to social media. Oliver explains how the images and videos that are often circulated of girls and women being raped frequently cause the victims to experience a second type of victimization and trauma. Chapter three provides a thorough analysis of “girls as predators and prey” in films like Hanna, The Hunger Games, Twilight, and Divergent. Oliver uses the analysis to critically assess the complex readings associated with strong young female protagonists who both hunt and are hunted in popular films. The book concludes with the author’s argument that, in order to address issues of rape on college campuses, we must be able to have open conversations about this issue. Oliver acknowledges the trauma that accompanies sexual assault, but encourages students on college campuses not to resort to safe spaces and trigger warnings. Instead, the author encourages readers to distinguish between language and images that are assault and the languages and images used to discuss and, potentially, help correct the issue of sexual assault.","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"47 1","pages":"124 - 125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2016.1274212","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59657366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"5. Title Index for Volume 47: 2016","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2016.1274215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2016.1274215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"47 1","pages":"161 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2016.1274215","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59657789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2. Booknotes","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2016.1260316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2016.1260316","url":null,"abstract":"the other side of the coin, many members of society understand religion as an institution that yields a stable masculine identity, that ought, by extension, yield a more stable and ultimately desirable society. Hoover and Coats challenge both understandings. These two authors employ extensive interviews and participant observation with both Evangelical and non-Evangelical men in the United States. This choice is justified by an understanding that White, heterosexual, married Evangelical fathers ought to represent a population where traditional ideas about gender, religion, and media would be most entrenched. Although Christianity played a central role in the identities and life experiences of the men studied, media also played an equally important role in such identity formation. Neither institution produced reactions congruent with the above understanding of media and religion (media did not exclusively produce negative toxic affronts to the men’s masculinity, nor did religion purely prop up positive gendered social qualities in these men). The men studied did not conform to the criticism above in terms of their faith, their media consumption, or their discourses around masculinity. The complex interaction within the public, mediated, and private lives of these men could not be reduced to either “good” or “bad”; it could not be said that either institution produces unilaterally socially desirable, or undesirable, discourse. There was no common source of masculinity articulated by the men studied. Most men, however, agreed that masculinity is about provision, protection, and purpose. However, to what extent American Protestantism played a significant role in this remains ambiguous. Most religious men researched do not seem as anxious about a crisis of masculinity as perhaps the traditionalist critique of modern culture may suggest. Media, in fact, seem to provide men with symbolic resources that give them accessible language and symbols used to discuss their masculinity. The notion that media and religion were opposite forces regarding the construction of masculinity is challenged by the research, as the evidence suggests much of popular media supports a commonplace emphasis on headship (albeit in a secular tone). Ultimately, patriarchy remains the norm in much of American media content, and as such, it does little to upset or rupture certain interpretations of masculinity. Ultimately, interviews with many men indicate that the “crisis” of masculinity is “simply a lament over the loss of a social compact under which male prerogatives of various kinds were given tacit support in the culture” (p. 153).","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"47 1","pages":"122 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2016.1260316","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59657237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2. Booknotes","authors":"Lorenzo Cantoni, J. Danowski","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2016.1219580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2016.1219580","url":null,"abstract":"theory, which is often criticized for poor measurement and overemphasizing effects (Cohen & Weimann, 2000). Second, at times, the organization of the writing is a bit jumbled and the author seems to stray from the overarching theme of the book. For example, a large section of the book is dedicated to teaching parents how to have “the talk” with their children. Although this is related to the topic of sexuality, it had nothing to do with sexual media, and seemed that it would better fit another book completely. Third, the book had one glaring hole, as the concept of Internet pornography was never mentioned. Because first exposure to pornography often occurs during adolescence (Sabina, Wolak, & Finkelhor, 2008), it seemed like an oversight to never touch on the subject. An entire chapter could have been dedicated to scholarly findings about Internet pornography, specifically relating to adolescent consumption of pornography and ways that parents can keep their kids safe from the potential danger of explicit and dangerous pornographic content (internet filters, parent-child conversation topics, etc.). Fourth, this book would have been greatly enhanced by the inclusion of pictures. For example, the chapter entitled “The Case of the Missing Childhood” references many examples of sexualized images and messages prevalent in the media, but these are merely described and never shown. Including pictures of the advertisements, media characters, and products described would help readers understand the severity of the hypersexualization found in media that Shewmaker describes. Overall, this book can be considered a practical guide for parents in discussing sexual media with their children. It provides some scholarly support, but is better fit for personal reading than to be used as an academic teaching tool.","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"47 1","pages":"46 - 83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2016.1219580","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59657187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"1. Longer Single Book Reviews","authors":"Jeffrey M. Ringer, M. Gring","doi":"10.1080/10948007.2016.1147238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10948007.2016.1147238","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38174,"journal":{"name":"Communication Booknotes Quarterly","volume":"47 1","pages":"1 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10948007.2016.1147238","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59657093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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