Media Research plan:

Introduction: “contemporary Hollywood Masculinities”- imagine if you will the many different types of men who have populated this study.  

Susanne Kord depictions of contemporary Hollywood masculinities suggest that even the viewer’s find it to be a struggle; therefore means that it’s also a struggle for the

We see that in modern day society, men are still considered the breadwinners – this is due to the hegemony men hold over women in the world.

Section:1- Historical "pumping Iron"

Pumping iron-Originally released in 1977, the bodybuilding docudrama Pumping Iron, a Bodybuilding is still a fringe for sporting activity, and the film still serves to help humanize the athletes and clarify their pursuit of physical perfection. 450 word

Section: 2 Textual analysis of pain and gain 500 words 

"henchmen” used their male representation to gain access to the guns but also subvert the attention away to the real reason why they need the guns 

Therefore this is a screening of masochism and from “fight club takes a beating: Masculinity, Masochism and the politics of disavowal” and the final scene in the gun shop is of the man being electrocuted

section 3:400 words 

Is Masculinity A Cultural Myth?

http://www.e-ir.info/2015/03/29/its-a-mans-world-the-effect-of-traditional-masculinity-on-gender-equality/

 “masculinity demands that we bring up boys to be “real men" which can then lead to youth to be put into problems when they have gotten older such as Bigorexa.

We might assume it is biological, we might think it comes from being male or female, but in truth it's nothing more than a cultural construct.

Section 4: 800 words

Hegemonic masculinity in media contents:

http://www.unesco.org/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/publications/gamag_research_agenda_kareithi.pdf

“The concept of hegemonic masculinity was formulated two and a half decades ago by Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell (1987) to refer to those traits that various cultures ascribe to ‘real men’ and which not only set out such ‘real men’ from women and all other men,”

“Hegemonic masculinity is not assumed to be normal in the statistical sense. Only a minority of men might enact it.”

“Trujillo (1991) expanded the definition of hegemonic masculinity by identifying five major features that defined when masculinity was hegemonic in US media culture. These are:

(l ) ‘when power is defined in terms of physical force and control’ (particularly in the representation of the body),

 (2) ‘when it is defined through occupational achievement in an industrial, capitalistic society’,

(3) when it is represented in terms of familial patriarchy,

(4) when it is ‘symbolized by the daring, romantic frontiersman of yesteryear and of the present-day outdoorsman’, and

(5) ‘when heterosexually defined’ and centred on the representation of the phallus (Trujillo, 1991, pp.291-2”

section 5:

where will this go next the future of hyper-masculinity and representations in films such as ‘Pain & Gain’; i overall believe that its going to divert onto social media and take on whole new toll. 
"identification" possibly ??? 300 words 

Section 6:
secondary text Generation iron 2   
The next generation of bodybuilder.
How has social media has allowed this to push into the mainstream audience?250 words
 Conclusion:
using qoutes from both 
 "contemporary Hollywood Masculines"  
"your Tarzan Masculinity, movies and men"