The lifestyles and consumption of today are marked by increasingly global cultural patterns, rural young people share the aspirations needs postmodern western world. Rural spaces not oblivious to neoliberal leisure model alcohol that is trend in cities, nor massive, connective use modern networks. principal objective present study find out how men women construct their social identity through a...

This paper studies the image of Latinos in the United States of Americathrough the Hollywood films production by the well-known Mexican director,AlejandroGonz?lez I??rritu. Using content analysis of the Latinos characters in the threefilms directed by him and in collaboration with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga, thepresent paper examines the masculinity frame to see whether the Latinos areportr...

It has been widely recognized that media can play an instrumental role in bringing social transformation and social change by promoting and disseminating information. The content of media reflects the pattern of value in any society. The prevailing attitude of the society gets revealed through the way subjects dealing with women are treated by the media. Whether deliberately or unintentionally,...

In this essay, it examines the film The Birds and analyzes scenes necessary to advance men’s desires in film's presentation as a result of director screenwriter's unfair scripting arrangement female characters. These unequal arrangements were thought satisfy 1860s male moviegoer's desire for both power beauty, have negative impacted feminism that was gradually manifesting itself Hollywood films...

Digital games have become a mainstream medium used by players of all ages and genders. Yet, aging adults are still relatively seldom featured in digital games as game-controlled or player-controlled characters. The representation of old women featured as player-characters in four casual digital games is here analyzed through a close playing. In their portrayal of the four player-characters, the...

The figure of Xuanzang 1:~ (600-64), the celebrated Buddhist traveler and translator of early Tang China was revered in many different countries and inspired a variety of visual representations and commemorative objects. One of the most common in East Asian tradition is Xuanzang's portrayal as a pilgrin1 and itinerant, wearing sandals and carrying a backpack of siltra scrolls. We are also famil...

The formation of the Shanghai Women’s Commercial and Savings Bank (1924–1955) uncovers legacy an institution founded by a group elite women. Although women’s bank had limited capital small business scope, it reflected contributions enterprising women to financial field when Chinese roles were evolving feminist rhetoric appealed economic independence. This article brings achievements such forefr...

Numerous studies have reported gender differences in the effects of social relations on morbidity and mortality. When studying health and associated factors, one cannot ignore that sex differences exist and methods that are not "gender-fair" may lead to erroneous conclusions. This paper presents a critical analysis of the health/social relations association from a measurement perspective, inclu...

The current study investigated the differences in the representation of gender on male- and female-targeted channels with regard to recognition (i.e., the actual presence of men and women) and respect (i.e., the nature of that representation or portrayal). To this end, the presence of men and women on two female- and two male-targeted Dutch channels (N = 115 programs, N = 1091 persons) were com...

Identity management systems help users to organise their digital profiles in order to communicate parts of them, whenever needed and wanted, to communication partners like internet services or personal contacts. Most current identity management research tries to achieve the highest possible degree of data hiding for best privacy. After sketching some of these projects, this paper presents a dif...