Media discussion
Watch the clip above of ABC’s According to Jim. The clip originally aired in 2002 during its first season. After viewing the clip, discuss what sorts of meanings are being generated for you and are these meanings dominant, negotiated, or resistant? Also what discourse(s) is the clip using to tell its message? Remember discourse is how we talk about something. Is it using the discourse of motherhood? masculinity? femininity? family? capitalism? education? to tell its message? Why?
