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"The Grind" : MTV and female body imageLayport, Jill E. 07 June 1996 (has links)
This research addresses the relationship between television
programming and body image. It specifically investigates what the Music
Television network's (MTV) dance show, "The Grind," communicates
about female body image. Two studies were conducted. Study one used
seven coders from a western United States high school to record female
body images using E. Collins (1991) seven female figure drawings. From
the 2,367 female body images recorded, the dominant female image
portrayed on "The Grind" emphasizes thinness. The research discovered
that female images were slightly thinner than the perceived average
female. Furthermore, the perceived White female images were slightly
thinner than the Black or Hispanic perceived body images. Compatibility
of the body image figures developed by E. Collins were also recorded.
The study revealed the scale to be somewhat compatible, but not a
perfect fit for White, Black, and Hispanic female images.
The second study showed an episode of "The Grind" to twenty
three students in a high school sociology class and had the students
respond to a pre and post-show questionnaire. The students felt more
body image conscious after watching "The Grind." Females felt less
attractive, less self assured, and less in shape after watching "The
Grind." No males desired to lose weight before or after watching the
show. Fifty eight percent of females desired to lose weight before watching the show and one female changed to not wanting to lose weight after watching "The Grind." The responses to the open-ended questions in study two related to sexual dancing, body image, attractiveness, and music. Overall students responded that the message "The Grind" sends to teenagers is that you have be "in shape" and "look good."
While this study had examined female body images, it relates to a larger issue of the messages MTV and music video programming sends and the meanings viewers create. This research provides application for use for teachers, parents, and teenagers. Further research relating to body image and the media is recommended. / Graduation date: 1997
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As her world turns : women and soap operaSchachter, Tammy. January 1998 (has links)
Mass produced narratives that have been designed and targeted for predominantly female audiences have been marginalized by dominant culture. Throughout the history of art and English literature, women have been both objectified and misrepresented. All that has been deemed domestic, emotional and of the personal sphere has been declared valueless by patriarchy. The soap opera genre reverses this negative valorization. It is one that perpetuates the feminine tradition of creating communities through words---talk, gossip, testimony. In this work, the American soap opera is discussed as a venue for the exploration of issues that concern women's lives, as a site for the generation of female pleasure, and as the mother of subcultural networks that inform a female community. While the narratives address women's concerns, the soap opera fan magazines and fan clubs celebrate a form that highlights orality, emotion and empathy in a culture that often depreciates them.
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As her world turns : women and soap operaSchachter, Tammy. January 1998 (has links)
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Women on television : a content analysis of female relationships on Sex and the CityLowry, Alicia C. 01 January 2005 (has links)
This study sought to provide more up to date information on the way women are depicted on television. Over the last sixty-five years women have played characters that centered around the children, home, and their husband, always in a supportive role to a man such as a wife, girlfriend, or as an assistant such as a secretary. These roles have begun to shift and represent the actual positions that women hold in reality. It has taken decades for this pattern to shift and allow women to be viewed as more than just an accessory to men.
Content from the popular show Sex and the City was analyzed using the monologue from the voice overs of the program to determine ifthe focus of the show was on men, women, or men and women as well as if they were shown in a positive, negative or neutral light and to determine if men were dominant, females were dominant or if men and women were shown to be equal. The implications from the study showed that men are a main focus of the show and that both men and women are shown negatively. Women were also found to be dominant figures. Overall the data showed that there have been small changes with the depiction of women on television.
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