Annotated Works Cited

Choose your five most relevant research sources for your final assignment.

For each of these five sources, please submit the source citation in MLA format, followed by a one-paragraph (150 – 200 words) annotation for each source that includes the following:

a brief summary of the source.
an assessment of its credibility, bias, and/or purpose
a reflection of how the source is relevant to and fits into your research
- - gives you more info on annotations
  - I would advise dividing the 150-200 word annotation more or less equally between these three components
  - shows you how to cite a wide range of source types, including interviews, emails, videos, etc

You will resubmit these annotations as part of your complete bibliography for your research essay. You will not need to annotate your additional sources.

Below is all the information for my final assignment:

My topic will be focused on the way in which transgender people have been represented in films and television shows in the United States and how this has affected the way in which the general public has perceived the idea of transgender identity. Media has traditionally been a powerful force in the way in which society has perceived concepts such as gender and sexuality. Often, the media has represented transgender individuals in stereotypical roles, such as the manipulative, unstable, or tragic individual. This has contributed to the stigma that has been associated with transgender identity. I hope that, with this research, I will be able to explore the way in which the cultural narrative has affected the way in which the general public has perceived the idea of transgender identity. This topic is important to me because, over the course of this program, we have discussed the way in which visibility has been both a positive and negative force for marginalized communities. Films such as *Disclosure* show the way in which the media has traditionally affected the way in which the general public has perceived the idea of transgender identity, and I hope to explore this further in my research. My research question is, what is the impact of film and television representation of transgender individuals on the way transgender individuals are perceived in society? This research is closely related to various themes learned throughout the course, especially those related to visibility, representation, gender identity, and culture. Furthermore, it is related to those themes learned throughout the course regarding gender performance and its relation to masculinity and femininity. For finding my research, I will be using various academic sources related to film and television studies, especially those related to transgender representation. Additionally, I plan on utilizing LGBTQ+ archives and other sources related to media studies and its relation to transgender representation over time. For my research, I plan on utilizing a thesis-based approach. In other words, I plan on arguing that film and television representation of transgender individuals is significant and has had an impact on society and its relation to transgender individuals.

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