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I screened an episode of iCarly, iHave A Love Sick Teacher. I noted every negative representation, stereotype, and example of bad role modeling for children seen in this particular iCarly episode. NOTES: iCarly Episode iHave A Love Sick Teacher

There is a clear example of sexuality in this episode when the teacher goes to meet Spencer at his place. She walks in and everyone talks about how “hot” she looks and stares at her for an entire minute of the show.

Just shortly after, the show represents a stereotype when they show the stereotypical stalker crazy girlfriend when she asks when and where Spencer was when she called and demanding to know where he is at all times.

CONCLUSION: When looking at this episode in depth in my screening, I definitely can find some themes that may be confusing for children, but themes that may give them a negative connotation. The clear theme of sexuality in this episode worries me in several ways. Certainly I think that the viewing audience is too young to look at women in a judgmental way and defining them by their “hotness”, I think brining this sexuality into iCarly is not only unnecessary but inappropriate. I do not think iCarly’s young audience will comprehend the compliments of the teacher being “hot” so I think it is inappropriate for the audience. Also I think it gives a bad representation to judge people upon their looks and to look at people in a judgmental way. Also there is a clear stereotype of the crazy stalker type girlfriend. It is clearly stereotypical due to the humor (audience laughs) of the girlfriend’s issues and clinginess.

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