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A Content Analysis Of Gender Stereotypes In Contemporary Teenage Magazines, Umana Anjalin
A Content Analysis Of Gender Stereotypes In Contemporary Teenage Magazines, Umana Anjalin
Masters Theses
The portrayal of women has long been a matter of concern as well as discontent. The patterns reflected in the media mostly deal with stereotyping females in very limited roles, and frequently as sex objects. Magazine content could be a crucial source in the issue of adolescent socialization. Magazines directed to adolescent female consumers orient the audience with the explicit and implicit messages of socio-economic lifestyle. Teens' relying on the subjective as well as objective comprehension of these magazines is crucial to their growing up. Therefore, it was essential to understand the factors that are influential for much of adolescent …