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Visual Framing: A Study In Face-Ism From The Websites For The 108th United States Congress., Beth Johnson Anderson
Visual Framing: A Study In Face-Ism From The Websites For The 108th United States Congress., Beth Johnson Anderson
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Websites are being used by increasing numbers to target a market with a message unfiltered by the media. This content analysis examined the website front-screens for the members of the 108th United States Congress to determine if the photographic images displayed reinforced the media's stereotypical frame of female politicians. A total of 3,892 photographic images were captured from 540 websites and coded using the face-ism index. Overall, the results supported the face-ism theory. Images of females were cropped lower on their bodies than images of males. The face-ism effect was not supported until the number of people in the photograph …