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Does Size Matter In The Field?: Female Police Bodies In Online Television, Carmen M. Cusack
Does Size Matter In The Field?: Female Police Bodies In Online Television, Carmen M. Cusack
The Qualitative Report
The purpose of this study is to investigate how female officers’ body sizes are depicted on the TV show, “Police Women of Broward County.” Little literature examines the media’s depiction of bodies belonging to women who are involved in traditionally masculine professions. However, feminist and masculinist literature, along with biophysical literature, tends to suggest that women are smaller and weaker than men or are perceived that way in society. It stands to reason that media may portray female officers this way or portray women attempting to overcome this stigma personally and professionally to appeal to viewers or as a reflection …
Tweeting, Texting, And Facebook Postings: Stirring The Pot With Social Media To Make Drama - Case Study And Participant Observation, Kathleen P. Allen
Tweeting, Texting, And Facebook Postings: Stirring The Pot With Social Media To Make Drama - Case Study And Participant Observation, Kathleen P. Allen
The Qualitative Report
This study of adolescent social drama is located at the intersection of research on adolescent peer relationships, group behaviors, youth culture, and mediated communication. An emergent construct, drama has been conceptualized as social interactions characterized by overreaction, exaggeration, excessive emotionality, prolongation, inclusion of extraneous individuals, inflated importance, and temporary relevance. This case study and participant observation involve a 15-year-old, white, middle class female and her mother. The purpose was two-fold: To determine if the events described map on to existing understandings of drama and to develop emergent themes and hypotheses through grounded theory analysis and ethnographic observation that might expand …