What's happening on Music Television? A gender role content analysis

Sommers-Flanagan, Rita; Sommers‐Flanagan, John; Davis, Britta

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“…With regards to the correlation between watching television and objectification, as well as the stronger correlation between playing violent video games and objectification, these findings are consistent with previous research (e.g., Sommers-Flanagan, Sommers-Flanagan , & Davis, 1993;Calogero et al, 2011) showing that television and media in general present significant amount of objectifying images of women. In addition, both types of media were positively correlated with aggression towards girls.…”

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The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

Vasquez

Osinnowo

Pina

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Psychology, Crime & Law

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(2016) The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 23 (5 AbstractSexual objectification is related to various negative attitudes and outcomes, including rape proclivity and reduced moral concern for the objectified, which suggests that objectification has implications for aggression. Our study examined the relationship between objectification and general aggressive behaviour in adolescents, including gang-affiliated youth. We hypothesized that 1) objectification would correlate with aggression towards girls, 2) gang affiliation would correlate with objectification and aggression towards girls, and 3) objectification and gang affiliation would interact such that strongly affiliated participants who objectified girls would be most aggressive towards them. We also hypothesized that sexual objectification would be a significant predictor of aggression above and beyond other factors, such as trait aggression. As predicted, objectification correlated with aggression towards girls and with gang affiliation, which also correlated with aggression. In addition, objectification predicted aggression towards girls, after controlling for other relevant factors.Further, we found an objectification x gang affiliation interaction, which differed from our original predictions. Among participants low in gang affiliation, objectification of girls predicted levels of aggression towards them. Among those high in gang affiliation, however, objectification did not predict aggression. We discussed the implications of our findings for general aggression.

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The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

Vasquez

Osinnowo

Pina

et al. 2017

Psychology, Crime & Law

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“…Viewers may be more aware of and resistant to the efforts of advertisers to influence them (as in television commercials or fashion magazine shots) than they are of actual television content. Content analyses of music videos have revealed a preponderance of video clips that emphasize appearance and feature thin and attractive idealized images of women (Sommers-Flanagan et al, 1993;Vincent et al, 1987). Therefore, the viewers of music television are liable to be exposed to a large dose of precisely the type of video clip used in the experimental condition.…”

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Thin ideals in music television: A source of social comparison and body dissatisfaction

Tiggemann

Slater

2003

Intl J Eating Disorders

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“…Portrayals of women on television tend to focus on their physical appearance. Women are more likely than men to be attractive, to be dressed provocatively, and to be the object of another person's gaze across different television genres including prime-time commercials, music videos, and even children's programming (Davis 1990;Glascock 2001;Sommers-Flanagan et al 1993;Thompson and Zerbinos 1995). Women are also less likely to be presented with gray hair compared to men, an indicator that it is more acceptable for a man to show his age (Davis 1990).…”

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Gender and Race Portrayals on Spanish-Language Television

Rivadeneyra

2011

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Gender and racial stereotypes continue to permeate our society and one context in which these stereotypes are perpetuated are the media. Although we have a history of content analysis of gender and racial portrayals on English-language television aired in the U.S., few systematic analyses have been conducted on Spanish-language television that airs in the same country. Our team of coders analyzed 466 characters and 481 2-minute intervals on 19 episodes of Spanish-language soap operas or telenovelas that aired in the Los Angeles broadcast area of the U.S. in the summer of 2002. Telenovelas were the programming type selected as they make up the bulk of Spanish-language network television in the U.S. The programs were coded in terms of how gender and race are presented on these programs by first coding the characteristics of speaking characters (including their race and gender) and then coding what actions these characters displayed in 2-minute intervals. Although females and males were represented in equal numbers, gender stereotypes abound. Physical appearance and nurturing roles were more likely to be the focus for female characters while occupational roles were more likely to be the focus for male characters. In terms of race, the overwhelming majority of characters were light-skinned and characters with darker skin were portrayed in extremes and more sexualized. These representations replicate some of the same stereotypes found on English-language television with some notable differences in terms of number of women represented.

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What's happening on Music Television? A gender role content analysis

Abstract: How mass media relate to youth's self-sexualization: Taking a cross-national perspective on rewarded appearance ideals.

Cited by 153 publications

References 13 publications

The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

The sexual objectification of girls and aggression towards them in gang and non-gang affiliated youth

Thin ideals in music television: A source of social comparison and body dissatisfaction

Gender and Race Portrayals on Spanish-Language Television

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