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Of the women exposed to sexist advertising, there was a substantial difference. The women in this group expressed having a body larger than it was in reality and expressed feeling a greater disparity between their own body and the "ideal body." Following exposure to this kind of media, there was an immediate negative effect on their mood.
Killing Us Softly is an American documentary series by Jean Kilbourne, produced and distributed by the Media Education Foundation.First released in 1979 and since revised and updated three times, most recently in 2010, it focuses on images of women in advertising; in particular on gender stereotypes, the effects of advertising on women's self-image, and the objectification of women's bodies.
Gender in advertising refers to the images and concepts in advertising that depict and reinforce stereotypical gender roles.Advertisements containing subliminal or direct messages about physical attractiveness and beauty have been of particular interest regarding their impact on men, women, and youth.
To increase women's leadership, to end violence against women and to engage women in all aspects of peace and security processes, it's important to give women the right place in media landscape, and their representations must be fair and equal. UN Women supports media monitoring studies on how women are depicted in the media.
Franck blends the "Economy of Attention" with Christopher Lasch's culture of narcissism into the mental capitalism: [18] In his essay "Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse", Sut Jhally writes: "20th century advertising is the most powerful and sustained system of propaganda in human history and its cumulative cultural effects, unless ...
Hours after a post from a former employee went viral, the San Diego Wave have denounced the employee's claims of a toxic workplace. In a statement released on social media Wednesday afternoon, the ...
The United States federal government regulates advertising through the Federal Trade Commission [49] (FTC) with truth-in-advertising laws [50] and enables private litigation through a number of laws, most significantly the Lanham Act (trademark and unfair competition). Specifically, under Section 43(a), false advertising is an actionable civil ...
Women who enter predominantly male work groups can experience the negative consequences of tokenism: performance pressures, social isolation, and role encapsulation. [104] Tokenism could be used to camouflage sexism, to preserve male workers' advantage in the workplace. [ 104 ]