Media, Gender and Identity: An IntroductionPopular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities? The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the media’s influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3, men’s and women’s magazines, TV shows, self-help books, YouTube videos, and more, to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities. The book includes:
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... Media, gender and identity: an introduction / David Gauntlett. – 2nd ed. p. cm. 1. Massmedia and sex.2.Sex differencesin massmedia.3. Sex role inmassmedia. 4.Mass media and culture. I. Title. P96.S45G28 2008 305.3–dc22 2007036666 ISBN ...
... of the mass media. Is the media a powerful force, shaping the consciousness of the modern public? What do we know about the 'effects' of the media? What have psychologists had to say about the development of gender and identity? And ...
An Introduction David Gauntlett. both sides of the debate in their most clearcut form. In one corner, then, we have Theodor Adorno, who felt that the power of mass media over the population was enormous and very damaging, and in the ...
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