Research

This is where you will find resources that we have collected that relate to the essay title Representation: Gender in Women's Magazines

Some will come from me, but the majority will come from you! Whenever you post some research - choose to label it with your name (so that I know you've done some work) and also use the label Representation: Gender in Women's Mags

Then everyone can share resources - and there's no need to worry if someone is using the same research as you because everyone's project is different!

Here's some research to start you off...

David Gauntlett's book: Media, Gender and Identity has been a staple resource for Media students across the nation for a good few years. He discusses the representation of gender in magazines at great length and comes up with a few surprising conclusions.

Get a copy of the book...

Or click on it to get straight to the resources you might find useful on his excellent (albeit slightly confusing) website: www.theory.org.uk

From the website there are some extracts from the conclusion. Here they are collected together, make sure that you always cite David Guantlett if you quote from this...

The following video might not be what you would consider as academic research, however it should give you a bit of context as to how women in particular have been represented in magazines over the past sixty or so years...

The excellent Aberystwyth University Media Studies page has work collected about the notion of 'The Gaze' (not just the concept of the Male Gaze). These are the thoughts of Daniel Chandler and his look at how other people have analysed the concept of the Gaze.

The act of looking at others is so important to the study of magazines that it cannot be overlooked. Here are the notes collected. Read them carefully, some parts are much more useful than others depending on exactly what you are looking for...

More to follow,