Television, Gender Norms, and Tanning Attitudes and Intentions of Young Men and Women

Cho, Hyunyi; Choi, Jounghwa

doi:10.1080/10510974.2011.577500

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“…Scholars have also examined presumed media influence on male and female peers in the context of physical appearance (e.g. Cho and Choi, 2011). Owing to the viral nature of fake science news (Sheldon, 2017), the two key stakeholders relevant to scientists would be the scientific community and the general public.…”

Section: The Influence Of Presumed Media Influencementioning

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Let’s nab fake science news: Predicting scientists’ support for interventions using the influence of presumed media influence model

Goh

Leung

2020

Journalism

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Fake science news is a type of fake news that can threaten the credibility of the scientific community. Scientists’ attention to fake science news can indirectly influence the way they react to tackling fake science news through socio-psychological factors. Applying the influence of presumed media influence (IPMI), this study examines how scientists’ attention to fake science news indirectly influences their support for initiatives to tackle fake science news through presumed harm of fake science news on other scientists and the general public, as well as their attitude and personal norm towards tackling fake science news. Specifically, this study explicates the behavioural outcome into support for education and support for legislation against fake science news. The results from a survey of 706 Singapore-based scientists supported the relationships posited in the IPMI. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Let’s nab fake science news: Predicting scientists’ support for interventions using the influence of presumed media influence model

Goh

Leung

2020

Journalism

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“… 48 TV and media often glamorize a tanned appearance, 68 , 69 and viewing beauty-related reality TV is associated with more-positive attitudes that tan women are more attractive and increased use of indoor and outdoor tanning among college women. 70 , 71 …”

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Teens, Tweets, and Tanning Beds: Rethinking the Use of Social Media for Skin Cancer Prevention

Falzone

Brindis²,

Chren

et al. 2017

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

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The incidence of skin cancer is rising in the U.S., and melanoma, the deadliest form, is increasing disproportionately among young white women. Indoor tanning is a modifiable risk factor for all skin cancers and continues to be used at the highest rates in young white women. Adolescents and young adults report personal appearance–based reasons for using indoor tanning. Previous research has explored the influences on tanning bed use, including individual factors as well as relationships with peers, family, schools, media influences, legislation, and societal beauty norms. Adolescents and young adults also have high rates of social media usage, and research is emerging on how best to utilize these platforms for prevention. Social media has the potential to be a cost-effective way to reach large numbers of young people and target messages at characteristics of specific audiences. Recent prevention efforts have shown that comprehensive prevention campaigns that include technology and social media are promising in reducing rates of indoor tanning among young adults. This review examines the literature on psychosocial influences on indoor tanning among adolescents and young adults, and highlights ways in which technology and social media can be used for prevention efforts.

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“…Similarly, indoor tanning advertisements are targeted at adolescent girls and young women, purporting to improve sexual appeal, attractiveness, fitness, and mood[11]. Media exposure has been associated with adoption of cancer risk behaviors in adolescents[12-15]. Therefore, exposure to media may partly explain associations between childhood gender expression and cancer risk behaviors.…”

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Masculine Boys, Feminine Girls, and Cancer Risk Behaviors: An 11-Year Longitudinal Study

Roberts

Rosario

Calzo

et al. 2014

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Objective Cancer risk behaviors often begin in adolescence and persist through adulthood. Tobacco use, indoor tanning, and physical inactivity are highly prevalent, socially patterned cancer risk behaviors, and their prevalence differs strongly by sex. It is therefore possible that these behaviors also differ by gender expression within the sexes due to social patterning. Methods We examined whether 5 cancer risk behaviors differed by childhood gender expression within the sexes and whether patterns of media engagement (e.g., magazine readership and trying to look like media personalities) explained possible differences, in a US population-based cohort (N=9,435). Results The most feminine girls had higher prevalence of indoor tanning (prevalence risk ratio (pRR)=1.32, 95% CI=1.23, 1.42) and physical inactivity (pRR=1.16, 95% CI=1.01, 1.34) and lower prevalence of worse smoking trajectory (prevalence odds ratio (pOR)=0.75, 95% CI=0.65, 0.88) and smoking cigars (pRR=0.61, 95% CI=0.47, 0.79) compared with least-feminine girls. Media engagement accounted for part of the higher prevalence of indoor tanning. The most masculine boys were more likely to chew tobacco (pRR=1.78, 95% CI=1.14, 2.79) and smoke cigars (pRR=1.55, 95% CI=1.17, 2.06), but less likely to follow a worse smoking trajectory (pOR=0.69, 95% CI=0.55, 0.87) and be physically inactive (pRR=0.54, 95% CI=0.43, 0.69) compared with least-masculine boys. Conclusions We found some strong differences in patterns of cancer risk behaviors by gender expression within the sexes. Prevention efforts that challenge the “masculinity” of smoking cigarettes and cigars and chewing tobacco and challenge the “femininity” of indoor tanning to reduce their appeal to adolescents should be explored.

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Television, Gender Norms, and Tanning Attitudes and Intentions of Young Men and Women

Cited by 9 publications

References 39 publications

Let’s nab fake science news: Predicting scientists’ support for interventions using the influence of presumed media influence model

Let’s nab fake science news: Predicting scientists’ support for interventions using the influence of presumed media influence model

Teens, Tweets, and Tanning Beds: Rethinking the Use of Social Media for Skin Cancer Prevention

Masculine Boys, Feminine Girls, and Cancer Risk Behaviors: An 11-Year Longitudinal Study

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