The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill - Brossura

Maggie Wykes; Barrie Gunter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0761942483 ISBN 13: 9780761942481

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2004

Riassunto

The Media and Body Image draws together literature from sociology, gender studies, and psychology; brings together new empirical work on both media representations and audience responses; and offers a broad discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender politics, and self-identity.

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Recensione:

"Wykes and Gunter take a novel approach to familiar subjects - body image, eating disorders, Western ideals of beauty, media representations of femininity - by offering historical contextualization of the discourses surrounding each issue and articulating how these discourses relate. The upshot is a useful discussion that interrogates, rather than presumes, the effects of mass media on audiences and consumers. . . . Highly recommended." (P.A. Fulfs CHOICE 2005-07-01)

L'autore:

My main research interests include media violence, the impact of broadcast news, effects of television on public opinion, the effects of advertising on young people, the use and impact of new interactive media.  I have also conducted research on a wide range of other media, marketing and management issues.

My recent research has centred on the use and impact of new media (in particular the Internet and digital interactive television). I am particularly interested in the use of the web as an information source and in the impact of Internet-related behaviour on use of other media, especially television.

I have continued to conduct research and to write about the influence of television advertising, among children and adults. Much of this recent work has focused on alcohol advertising and young people’s drinking. In addition, with two colleagues in my department, I recently conducted research for the Food Standards Agency on the nature of formula product advertising targeted at young mothers.

I have also been involved in research from the British Library with colleagues at University College London on the use of online tools for information search in the context of higher education.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761942483
• ISBN 13: 9780761942481
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256