Media, Empowerment and the ‘Sexualization of Culture’ Debates

By Rosalind Gill. 2012

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Subfields: Communication, Gender Studies

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In the eye of the beholder: Thin-ideal media affects some, but not most, viewers in a meta-analytic review of body dissatisfaction in women and men. (2013, background): “Other scholars have critiqued these theoretical perspectives as failing to recognize the active role of media consumers in shaping media (Ferguson et al., 2011; Gill, 2012).”
Experiences of Sexual Objectification, Minority Stress, and Disordered Eating Among Sexual Minority Women (2015, background): “However, research demonstrates that awareness of, and objection to, these rigid standards of beauty does not necessarily protect women against body image concerns (Gill, 2012).”
Introducing the Social Media Literacy (SMILE) model with the case of the positivity bias on social media (2020, background): “First, traditional media literacy literature argues that although users may be aware of the negative effects of media content, such media content may still spontaneously and thus instinctively appeal to, and even emotionally affect, youth (Gill, 2012).”
When media become the mirror: a meta-analysis on media and body image (2020, background): “Communication scholars should move beyond traditional binary media effects models in favor of alternative approaches with regards to media consumption from a functional and developmental perspective (Gill, 2012). For example, self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000; Deci & Ryan, 2008) provides ”
Peer Influence, Internet use and Cyberbullying: A Comparison of Different Context Effects among German Adolescents (2013, background): “Following Ferguson et al. (2011) as well as Gill (2012), media effects are expected to be smaller or inconsistent compared with peer influence.”
The Relationship Between Online Pornography and the Sexual Objectification of Women: The Attenuating Role of Porn Literacy Education (2017, background): “This gap has led scholars to challenge the assumption (e.g., Gill, 2012) and called for a better understanding of the interplay between media effects and media literacy education over time.”