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On The Relevance Of Standpoint Epistemology To The Practice Of Journalism: The Case For "Strong Objectivity", Meenakshi Durham
On The Relevance Of Standpoint Epistemology To The Practice Of Journalism: The Case For "Strong Objectivity", Meenakshi Durham
Meenakshi Gigi Durham
This paper interrogates traditional notions of journalistic "objectivity" and its interpretation in conventional news reporting. I argue here that the underlying principles of objectivity devolve in practice to an epistemic relativism that fails to consider the validity of various truth claims. I propose an alternative of "strong objectivity" grounded in standpoint theory. I trace the arguments against scientific objectivity that parallel critiques of journalistic objectivity, then propose an alternative conception of praxis that maximizes reflexivity and has the potential to fulfill the
Dilemmas Of Desire: Representations Of Adolescent Sexuality In Two Teen Magazines, Meenakshi Durham
Dilemmas Of Desire: Representations Of Adolescent Sexuality In Two Teen Magazines, Meenakshi Durham
Meenakshi Gigi Durham
This article interrogates gendered ideologies of sexuality in two teen magazines, Seventeen and YM. The method of analysis involves a close reading of written texts and images relating to sex or sexuality. The patterns that emerge from this analysis reveal tensions that center around sexual decision making versus sexual signification via costuming, cosmetics, and body image. The analysis uncovers a representation of sexuality that parallels sociocultural norms of contradiction and antilogy in the characterization of girls' desire.
Revolutionizing The Teaching Of Magazine Design, Meenakshi Durham
Revolutionizing The Teaching Of Magazine Design, Meenakshi Durham
Meenakshi Gigi Durham
Outlines an approach to teaching magazine design which incorporates radical pedagogical theories with contemporary issues in visual communication. Efforts of scholars of visual communication to develop a pedagogical strategies that incorporate a consideration of ethics and culture into teaching; Use of emancipatory theories of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire; Comments on the process by which magazines are edited.