This study aims to provide an overview of political imagery done by parties for their female politicians. The constructivist paradigm with a descriptive qualitative approach is used in this study. informants were the chairman DPC Democratic Party, PPP PKB PDI-P DPD, and politicians from these parties. data analysis technique was Interactive Model Data Analysis method. results show that establis...

This research addresses the concept of electronic self-portrayal in synchronous computermediated communication of ad-hoc virtual teams. Electronic self-portrayal is the extent to which a communication system portrays the true identity of its users. It is hypothesized that increased information available due to self-portrayal will have an effect upon the trust and performance of ad-hoc virtual t...

the authors of this article aim to compare character types in persian oral folktales and hans christian andersen’s fairytales. for a better clarification of this topic, the authors address issues such as morality, character’s will, and the portrayal of women in these stories. this paper comes to the following conclusions: first, both the content and the characters in hans christian andersen’s t...

background : today the psychological factor is one of the controversial subjects in tendency to cosmetic surgery. objectives : this study aimed to compare the hardiness, defense mechanisms and negative self-portrayal scale among cosmetic surgery applicants with non-applicants. patients and methods: this causal-comparative study carried out in tehran, iran from april to june 2015. the samples of...

Poor portrayal and perception of female athletes has a host of negative outcomes, such as objectification of women (Daniels, 2009; Daniels & Wartena, 2011) and negative reader judgment of female athletes (Knight & Giuliano, 2001). This study examines whether the gender of the sportswriter and reader affect the perception of female athletes (in terms of athleticism, respectability and interest i...