Miley Cyrus Mediation

Cosmopolitan magazine cover.

Miley presents her attitude through her body language and facial expression. Her body language is quite suggestive as she is biting her finger, the mouth is seen as a sexualised feature of the body and this allows her to present herself for the audience to have a certain view on how they expect her to behave. Miley also looks quite innocent in this image, this presents a juxtaposition as the two characteristics of innocence and being an object of sexual desire.

Her outfit seems to be quite revealing as it is a sheer dress that is covered with gems in order to cover her body.

The text around Miley's body represents her the way she wished to be presented. Her actions presented her as a 'party-girl' and Miley was associated with the word 'twerk' which appears in a subheading across her body, and also the action of sticking her tongue out.

This piece of media is from Miley's website, this text allows Miley to be represented in a positive light, as she is being awarded for using her social platforms for good. This award allows Miley to be seen as a influential person in the media.

Compared to the other representations of Miley, this is positive towards her and what she wants to achieve.

Miley has a huge following on all of her social platforms, which is why that is the place she is criticised the most as she is portraying the 'true Miley'

This interview presents Miley as a bad role model for young children to look up to, the image used of her makes it look as though her eyes are irritated making her seem more vulnerable as it seems that she has been crying.

The headline of the magazine article allows the audience to understand the way she acts when she is in the public eye.

The way in which Miley talks about her experiences with drugs makes it obvious that it isn't a one time occurrence, the language used makes it seem as though she is quite proud of her antics with drugs. 

Her album cover for 'Bangerz' shows a hint of innocence about Miley as her facial expression is one of a child's, but this paired with her outfit and body language has an alternative meaning.

Once again she is biting her finger, this seems to be a popular pose along with sticking her tongue out, this presents her as much more than just a teen idol.

Miley puts across that she wants to be presented as a unique, individual person.
This image is taken from over her shoulder, and if we were able to see the true context of how the picture was taken it would seem as though we were looking in on a private conversation.
As Miley's facial expression seems to be one of shock.


Miley posted a picture on her Instagram account, which has 35.9 million followers, in this image she is smoking a bong, which caused a lot of controversy with her younger followers, as to them she is a person they aspire to be like, and this type of behaviour is deemed as being irresponsible.

Miley knows the following she has, which is why it is strange that she would advertise this type of behaviour.
This image also allows us to see the condition of Miley's body, she seems to be extremely skinny and unhealthy. This could be due to the media pushing the ideology that all celebrities have to be of a certain weight to be a role model.

Miley seems to be wearing no makeup in this image, and it is surprising to see such a followed celebrity to post a picture like this without having any type of cover between her and the criticism.