Create two critical questions for each of the articles
- Read the uploaded articles
- Create two discussion questions for each article
Please look at the example below, it will give you an idea of how the questions should be.
Dhaenens, F. (2013). The fantastic queer: Reading gay representations in Torchwood and true blood as articulations of queer resistance.Critical Studies in Media Communication, 30(2), 102-116.
The author outlines the ambivalent position assumed by fantasy films and television series producers towards homosexuality. As a result, the discussion questions arising from this article include:
- Should fantasy films producers entirely rely on the queer philosophy during program production such as Torchwood and True Blood?
- Does the queer concept serve as an avenue that corrodes social morality by promoting homosexuality?
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The first article is an interrogative discourse that offers a contextual perspective on the issue of victim blaming especially in the public domain. The author identifies several factors as to why agency is usually shifted from the attacker to victim, and draws from the racial undertones and gendered violence. The following two questions therefore arise from the article:
- Why and how does cultural context of gendered violence influence intent, motive and a shift of blame to the victim?
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