Audiovisual translation, the same as other forms of intercultural communication, tends to intervene with the original in order to comply with the norms of the receiving culture. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the Iranian cinema has resorted to a conservative approach wherein the portrayal of the role of women, among other cultural issues, has been controlled to adapt to the Islamic thoug...

Among internet content produced by users, are memes. Facebook and WhatsApp have become an integral part of society in this age social media where the young generation older adults engage interaction. These memes, sometimes, carry wrong perceptions messages that can create false consciousness among people. The notion gender is culturally socially constructed. Social sites reinforced concept ster...

The present article explores how factual and fictional media portrayals may activate culturally shared racial and gender stereotypes and influence subsequent judgments involving members of stereotyped groups. In line with previous research (Power, Murphy, and Coover 1996), new data are presented that demonstrate that exposure to a stereotypic or counterstereotypic portrayal primes consistent in...