Article Plan.
Five Hundred words.
100 words - Introduce the question, 'Are men represented fairly in women's lifestyle and fashion magazines?' First talk about the UK's main Fashion/Lifestyle mags - Cosmopolitan, Company, and Glamour. Talk about how they talk about males in the magazine and how men are shown in the magazine. - Most men are shown topless in women's mags - Why is this?
200 - Research. The online articles I found, the video's, come up with a general how are men represented in the sources I found. Talk about how this question wasn't much of a topic but that women's representations was, why is that? Is that sexist in it's self. Touch on the War of men and women being controlling and not letting men be men.
300 - My interview, the results, the themes I found. Concluding my interview as a sum up of the question.
350 - Statistics and other forms of research around this field. Quotes such as “Men don’t feel like they are currently being portrayed correctly [by the media],” says Keith Richman, Break Media CEO.
400 - Is this a feminist move, the 'independent women' girl power, girls sticks together, here come's the girls. Is this overly feminist that it's created an even bigger gender separation.
450 - Conclusion of article, answering the question. From my research and my own interviews the sum up of it all.
Monday 14 April 2014
Monday 7 April 2014
Week 24.
Planning the Article.
TARGET AUDIENCE.
Who - am I actually writing this article for, Bonafide Supernova
http://www.bonafide-supernova.com/
What - Question, 'Are men represented fairly in women's lifestyle/fashion magazines.' For an online article for a fashion/music/culture mag.
Why - Interview as it's relevant to an article. Bonafide Supernova, because it's target audience is similar to myself. Online articles/blogs have a more chatty informal writing style compared to a print broadsheet like the financial times.
When - Writing for the current time in a media obsessed world.
Where - Uk fashion and lifestyle magazines. West culture influence.
I plan for my article to suit this online magazine....
TARGET AUDIENCE.
Who - am I actually writing this article for, Bonafide Supernova
http://www.bonafide-supernova.com/
Why - Interview as it's relevant to an article. Bonafide Supernova, because it's target audience is similar to myself. Online articles/blogs have a more chatty informal writing style compared to a print broadsheet like the financial times.
When - Writing for the current time in a media obsessed world.
Where - Uk fashion and lifestyle magazines. West culture influence.
I plan for my article to suit this online magazine....
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Week 23.
Statistic's and more Research.
"When men are shown in the background of a video, they are most often fully clothed. But when women are in the background, approximately half the time they are dressed in ways that expose or focus on their breasts and rear ends." - http://www.childrennow.org/uploads/documents/boys_to_men_1999.pdf
"When men are shown in the background of a video, they are most often fully clothed. But when women are in the background, approximately half the time they are dressed in ways that expose or focus on their breasts and rear ends." - http://www.childrennow.org/uploads/documents/boys_to_men_1999.pdf
The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2013 (via Women’s Media Center)
“Many of the returning shows are ones that helped create the image of the ‘doofus dad,’ shows featuring a fat oaf with no good advice to give his kids, and a beautiful wife who really ought to take the kids and leave” (Weinman, 2006, p.60). The media takes a stab at fathers just to get a laugh from the audience.
All facts are supported by research conducted by Stacy Smith, Ph.D. at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
Females are almost four times as likely as males to be shown in sexy attire. Further, females are nearly twice as likely as males to be shown with a diminutive waistline. Generally unrealistic figures are more likely to be seen on females than males.
“Men don’t feel like they are currently being portrayed correctly [by the media],” says Keith Richman, Break Media CEO
Monday 24 March 2014
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Wednesday 5 March 2014
Monday 17 February 2014
Week 17.
Preparing organising and doing the interviews.
Here's just a little insight of one of the interviews.
This was a 22 year old women writing for Planet Ivy and also writes for the Huffington Post. She asked if her name wasn't included in the interview.
file://localhost/Users/charlotte/Desktop/Are%20Men%20Represented%20Fairly%20In%20Women's%20Mags.m4a
(To open this link, right click and open with a new tab)
Here's just a little insight of one of the interviews.
This was a 22 year old women writing for Planet Ivy and also writes for the Huffington Post. She asked if her name wasn't included in the interview.
file://localhost/Users/charlotte/Desktop/Are%20Men%20Represented%20Fairly%20In%20Women's%20Mags.m4a
(To open this link, right click and open with a new tab)
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