THE MEDIA AND GENDER STEREOTYPES

This thesis deals with gender stereotypes in media. It is divided into two parts, one of which {--} a theoretical part {--} presents several theorethical concepts of gender in advertisement and media by some experts like Erving Goffman, Judith Williamson or Libora Oates-Indruchová. This part deals also with problems of media education and opportunities for realization of practical exercises as far as gender is concerned. The second part of this thesis is created for a practical purposes. It consists of seven practical activities focused on gender stereotypes in media which can be used at primary school as a schoolwork. A practical exercises aims to extand a students` knowledge of gender stereotypes which are presentated in media and at the same time find out how these stereotypes are percieved. At the end of the second part is described a feed-back which will be gained at the primary school Bezdrevská in České Budějovice