Essays about: "women’s magazines"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words women’s magazines.

  1. 1. "Life is better when you girlboss together" : Building a Safe Space Within the Digital Sphere, a Case Study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Maylis Aledo; [2023]
    Keywords : Girlhood; Girl Culture; Girl Bloggin; Discord; Social Media; Lana Del Rey; Popular Culture;

    Abstract : The study is located in feminist studies through the lens of cultural theory, more specifically in the area of "Girlhood studies", developed in the 1990s. The development of the field correlates with the rise of cultural goods targeted at girls: movies, music, and magazines as well as the development of teenagehood as an identity of its own right. READ MORE

  3. 2. Music journalism as a hybrid field between politics and culture : Kerrang! and NME's challenging and reinforcement of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization in 2019-2023

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Vladimir Gospodinov; [2023]
    Keywords : cultural journalism; discourse analysis; gender inequality; music journalism; intersectionality;

    Abstract : This paper discusses the incorporation of socio-political themes in music and music journalism, focusing on the issues of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization. It investigates how two UK-based media with a transnational audience focus, Kerrang! and New Musical Express (NME), challenge or reinforce gender inequality-related themes in their publications in 2019-2023. READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘I am luckily not the only one’: Analyzing the readers’ interpretations of texting advice in women’s magazines

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Judith Pörschke; [2018]
    Keywords : Women’s magazines; Feminist media theory; Reception study; Decoding; Texting advice; Audience study;

    Abstract : The aim of this master thesis is to contribute to a more profound knowledge of women's magazine reading by giving insights into the readerships’ interpretations of magazine texts. Three different dimensions of interpretation were thereby identified: the relation to the audiences’ own situations in life, the audiences’ reflections on their prior experiences, and the emerging emotions in the interpretation process. READ MORE

  5. 4. "They think we're stupid" : A study of the perceptions and attitudes of young women towards the objectification and sexualisation of women in women's magazines

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Ella Put; [2017]
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  6. 5. Feminism and Anti-Feminism in Harmony? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Postfeminism in Women's Magazines

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Wahlström; [2016]
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    Abstract : This essay investigates postfeminist discourses in women’s magazines with the use of Fairclough’s (2014) critical discourse analysis (CDA). Additionally, it presents consumers’ perceptions of women’s magazines in order to explore how women’s magazines might influence readers’ constructions of identity. READ MORE