Kawaii Killers and Femme Fatales: A Textual Analysis of Female Characters Signifying Benevolent and Hostile Sexism in Video Games     

Jessica E. Tompkins  Teresa Lynch  Irene I. Van Driel  Niki Fritz 《广播与电子媒介杂志》2020,64(2):236-254

ABSTRACT

Game developers potentially convey socio-cultural values about gender through design choices. This study interpreted the designs of 11 purposively selected female game characters, developed by studios located in the United States and Japan, through the lens of ambivalent sexism. This social psychological theory posits that sexism consists of hostile and benevolent attitudes about women. Two themes emerged across characterizations: bodies as objects, bodies as weapons and (in)dependence. Both consisted of empowering qualities paired with problematic beliefs about women. This analysis contributes to interdisciplinary literature by using an empirical perspective to interpret gender representations in video games.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Fred D’Agostino  Neil Taylor  John G. Hedberg  Jennie Lynch  John M. Malouff 《高等教育研究与发展》2008,27(3):297-304

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Gender roles and the American academe: a case study of graduate student mothers     

Karen Danna Lynch 《Gender and education》2008,20(6):585-605

Studies have found that motherhood is significantly associated with attrition for female graduate students in the United States. Few, however, have examined this phenomenon from the point of view of current students. Utilizing data from 30 in‐depth interviews with student mothers from a number of academic fields, this study details both the structural environments and the socio‐cultural constructs that affect the women’s daily experiences. The data highlight the fact that the symbolic nature of both roles – mother and student – is often in conflict with the structural elements around which each role is performed. Student mothers confront this dilemma through a number of strategic practices including ‘maternal invisibility’, ‘academic invisibility’, luck, and reliance on the more traditional means of economic and emotional support that come from spouses and parents. In detailing these practices, the study offers both important clues about the factors that may contribute to attrition for graduate student mothers as well as suggestions for institutional improvement.  相似文献   

Child abuse before Kempe: an historical literature review     

M A Lynch 《Child abuse & neglect》1985,9(1):7-15

This literature review traces the recognition of child abuse and ends where many texts begin with the publication of Henry Kempe's paper in 1962, where the term, "battered child syndrome," was used for the first time. Starting with the first known treatise in pediatrics, the review examines evidence produced throughout the centuries on the recognition of physical child abuse. Many of the references are medical and show how while the early physicians found it easy to accept that those caring for children might injure them, by the end of the 19th century, more obscure diagnoses were being sought to explain the lesions. However, even during the time some physicians were pursuing "scientific" etiologies, there are publications that demonstrate a continuing acknowledgment of the problem of child abuse. No review of this type can claim to be complete, and the author hopes others will be sufficiently interested to seek out further historical references.  相似文献   

High school students' experience of experimental work in physical science and its relation to pupil attainment     

P. P. Lynch 《科学教学研究杂志》1978,15(6):543-549

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Prenatal cocaine exposure: a comparison of 2-year-old children in parental and nonparental care     

Brown JV  Bakeman R  Coles CD  Platzman KA  Lynch ME 《Child development》2004,75(4):1282-1295

Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure and parental versus nonparental care on outcome at 2 years of age were examined. The sample included 83 cocaine-exposed and 63 nonexposed children and their caregivers; 49 and 34 of the cocaine-exposed children experienced parental and nonparental care, respectively. Prenatal drug exposure was not related directly to children's outcome at 2 years of age. However, compared with cocaine-exposed children in parental care, those in nonparental care experienced a more optimal environment and performed better in several developmental domains at 2 years of age in spite of being at greater neonatal risk. Further analyses suggested that this protective effect of nonparental care was in part due to nonkin rather than kin care.  相似文献   

Reproduction: the role of cultural factors and educational mediators     

Kathleen Lynch 《British Journal of Sociology of Education》1990,11(1):3-20

To understand the processes of reproduction in education one must not only take account of the resistances of subordinated groups, but also of the counter‐resistance which develops in response to these. Proponents of resistance theory have tended to ignore the responses of powerful groups to emerging resistances. Two major reasons are suggested for this, one being the failure of reproduction theorists to take cognisance of unique cultural and political contexts within which reproduction takes place, and the other being the lack of attention given to educational mediators. Taking the case of Irish second‐level education, it is shown how unique cultural, historical and political forces contribute to the development of counter‐resistance. In particular, it is suggested that the post‐colonial status of the country is central to understanding the reproduction processes within it. The paper also highlights the inadequacy of defining the parameters of the reproduction debate in terms of an interplay of interests between social classes and the State alone. While the State and social classes are key actors in the educational site, so are educational mediators, viz. those who manage and administer educational services on a day‐to‐day basis. It is proposed that educational mediators (whose character varies from one society to another) are often powerful agents of counter‐resistance.  相似文献   

Scientific language and the Tasmanian high school child. The tendency to generalise     

P. P. Lynch 《Research in Science Education》1979,9(1):123-132

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知识经济时代对编辑创新的要求   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

聂晶磊 《开封教育学院学报》2002,22(3):70-71

知识经济时代的核心和灵魂是创新。编辑工作也只有不断创新，才能跟上时代的步伐。这就要求编辑工作者做到以下几点：更新思想观念，强化编辑意识；积累文化知识，优化知识结构；理论联系实际，创造特色精品。  相似文献   

University students' expectations of geography,chemistry and biology courses with special reference to students' perception of geography     

Paddy Lynch  Andrew Davey 《Research in Science Education》1981,11(1):202-208

Conclusion First year students in geography, biology and chemistry indicate many similarities in their expectation of university courses. There are some interesting differences when categories of expectations are considered in isolation and when students are allowed to choose in the ‘final four’ expectations test. Expectations of geography are quite definitely science oriented if one assumes that a ‘practical’, ‘problem solving’ approach is inherently scientific. If these orientations are a consequence mainly of experience, and this would seem to be very likely, then one needs to consider carefully the appropriateness of these orientations. There are aspects of these results which should be of interest to curriculum developers and educators interested in a broad evaluation of student goals. Student's expectations emphasize knowledge, thinking skills, experimental work and related skills, as well as long term goals and attitudes. There is certainly an element of general balance which must be heartening to those who might have had doubts about the motivation of new university students. Students have expectations which indicate that they are aware of and presumably value all four categories of goals.  相似文献