Social Change in Britain, Women and the female image in Mass Media
A mind map with summary of how women reacted to the female image in the Mass Media, with statistics.
- Created by: Katie Amy
- Created on: 18-04-13 09:33
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- Women and the female image in mass media
- Images conveyed by mass media, especially advertising, have changed the way women see themselves and how men see women.
- Critics blame advertising with skinny women for an increase in anorexia, bulimia and depression.
- Women are 9 times more likely to suffer from these disorders, nore teenagers who are possibly more image conscious.
- Number of women affected are only very small.
- 10-20 % per 100,000 of the population
- By the begginning of the 1960's, 5 out of 6 women read at least one magazine a week.
- Between 1957 and 1967, annual spending on weekly and monthly publications rose from £46 million to over £80 million.
- Images conveyed by mass media, especially advertising, have changed the way women see themselves and how men see women.
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