The popular Disney Princess line includes nine films (e.g., Snow White, Beauty and the Beast) and over 25,000 marketable products. Gender role depictions of the prince and princess characters were examined with a focus on their behavioral characteristics and climactic outcomes in the films. Results suggest that the prince and princess characters differ in their portrayal of traditionally mascul...

Many movies released in Tamil have portrayed transgenders mostly as scenes for ridicule. In the guise of comedy, films been portraying transgender people with insults, double entendres and sexual scenes. Some like Bombay, Thenavattu, Chithiram Pesutadi, Naan kadavul show a dignified manner. From 1977’s Balabhishekam to 2017’s sivappu enakku pidikkum, this review examines film. Transgender are t...

OBJECTIVE Despite voluntary restrictions prohibiting direct and indirect cigarette marketing to youth and paid product placement, tobacco use remains prevalent in movies. This article presents a systematic review of the evidence on the nature and effect of smoking in the movies on adolescents (and others). METHODOLOGY We performed a comprehensive literature review. RESULTS We identified 40 ...