Trending now: feminism, sexism, misogyny and postfeminism in British journalism

In the last few years feminism has gained spectacular visibility across media and popular culture. As Sarah Banet-Weiser (2018) observes, “everywhere you turn, there is an expression of feminism – on a T-shirt, in a movie, in the lyrics of a pop song, in an inspirational instagram post, in an acceptance speech”. News media have been pivotal to this, not only reporting on feminist campaigns such as slutwalk or metoo, or on feminist demonstrations like the Women’s marches, but also centering feminism as a topic of discussion – whether substantively in terms of equal pay or sexual violence, or more broadly as something to be routinely asked of politicians, actresses or pop stars. “The new DO: Calling yourself a feminist” announced Glamour magazine in the US, cementing a wider impression that no interview of a high-profile woman is complete without its subject being asked about their views of or identification with feminism

An exploration of women’s cardiovascular disease within a corporate partner magazine of the Heart Truth campaign

The purpose of this research study was to explore the social construction of women’s cardiovascular disease, identities and health within Glamour magazine, a corporate partner of The Heart Truth® campaign. The Heart Truth campaign was implemented as a United States (U.S.) national action plan in 2002 to increase women’s awareness about their leading cause of death (i.e., cardiovascular disease), and encourage women to take action to manage various risk factors. By conducting an ethnographic content analysis of relevant information within the inaugural October 2003 issue of Glamour, the following themes were identified: (a) a culture of consumerism (overarching theme); (b) the oblivious, unknowledgeable, dependent woman at risk (sub-theme); and (c) attaining a particular version of a healthy, feminine woman. These findings reveal the problematic ‘feminization’ of cardiovascular disease through the promotion of heteronormative ideals and gendered social order, and dependency on broader institutions and corporations.Master of Human Kinetics (M.H.K.

Are U.S. and French Cultural Differences Reflected in Advertising Appeals?

Using 2 of Hofstede\u27s cultural dimensions (power distance and uncertainty avoidance) associated by the research of Albers-Millers and Gelb with some of Pollay\u27s value appeals used in advertising, this study successfully replicated 3 of 8 dependant relationships when analyzing the content of print magazines in U.S. and France. Going beyond the scope of a highly educated audience in which Hofstede\u27s cultural dimensions were developed and retested, we indirectly found that these 2 dimensions of culture are partially salient in non-business, less elitist environments in the form of value appeals such as dear , untamed , magic , and youth reinforcing the idea that cultural differences can sometimes be empirically tested by contrasting these appeals

Disease as drama: dramatistic constructs and models of redemption in covering illness in Glamour magazine

The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file.Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (December 18, 2006)Includes bibliographical references.Vita.Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia 2005.Dissertations, Academic -- University of Missouri--Columbia -- Journalism.This study sought to explore how personal medical crises are narrated in Glamour, a popular women's magazine. The study employed Kenneth Burke's dramatism, specifically his pentad and the concepts of guilt and redemption (Terms of Order). The research question was: What modes of redemption and pentadic elements dominate personal narratives of disease in Glamour magazine? This analysis found that: The disease narratives explored, although secular in nature, are structured along the lines of religious tales of struggle and salvation. Suffering and disease are represented as cathartic, thus somehow justified The majority of articles place responsibility on the individual person rather than the medical establishment or the public health system Medical nuance is largely lacking in favor of predictable conflict-resolution, fable-like structures. The medical information presented in these articles is basic and minimal and serves a scene-setting purpose (a prop) against the background of which the drama develops

The Cowl - v.80 - n.12 - Dec 10, 2015

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 80 - No. 12 - December 10, 2015. 28 pages

Thin Is In: a Content Analysis of Images in Women\u27s Magazines From 2009-2011

Many research studies have shown that women constantly compare themselves to the models they see featured in women\u27s magazines, and in turn, develop body image issues, negative mood changes and even eating disorders. The majority of findings show that women often develop these serious side-effects because they are bombarded with images of mostly thin models. Yet editors of women\u27s magazines continue to choose women much smaller, in most cases at least six times smaller, than the average sized American women to feature. It is very unusual to see fashion spread in a women\u27s magazine featuring a model close to the size of the average American woman. The purpose of this study is to explore three popular women\u27s magazines and discover how many times a woman is shown an image of a thin body while reading such magazines, and in turn, possibly suffers negative emotional and physical effects. The results show that thin women are featured prominently in three of the top-selling women\u27s magazines. For all three magazines, over 89 percent of the images featured were of thin women; and for two of the magazines studied, 97 percent of the images featured were of thin women

The colour order: race and colour perception in South Africa

Thesis (M.Fine Arts)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities, School of Arts, 2016.This paper will be an analysis of the covers and contents of the South African editions of Glamour magazine from September 2014 to August 2015 and True Love magazine from September 2014 to August 2015. The analysis will consider the effects of: globalisation; globalised culture and consumption; and perceptions of race and skin colour, (specifically the notion of colourism) in South Africa. Colourism is a prejudicial system that renders value and perpetuates social hierarchies along perceived tonal difference in skin colour. It has been asserted by writers like Deborah Gabriel and Nicole Fleetwood that this value system exists within communities of people of colour and is perpetuated by mainstream media, but maintains a somewhat obscure presence. I will consider the mechanisms that inform this colour system and will show how globalisation works to facilitate colourism. Finally, I aim to explain how skin colour extends beyond the body and define the effects of global cultural interaction, showing that colourism is not simply about skin colour and tone, but about economic, social, and political realities.MT201