Absence of intellect? Spike TV and a crisis in masculinity

Author

• Wesley R. Akers

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2005

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

This study analyzes the programming, narrative structure and scheduling of Spike TV to reveal how this "first network for men" continues to support hegemonic masculinity through a strategy of gendered narrowcasting. Such representations mediate a crisis in masculinity by glorifying action-oriented males and, therefore, marginalize intellectual representations. The study suggests that such hegemonically masculine representations are contributing to the academic struggles currently plaguing young males in our culture.

Extent

80 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Adviser: Christine Scodari.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2005.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Recommended Citation

Akers, Wesley R., "Absence of intellect? Spike TV and a crisis in masculinity" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 800.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/800

Identifier

FADT13286

Format

pdf