This thesis examines primetime television’s negative portrayal of the aging process as well as the double standard in aging that benefits men and punishes women. Unlike their male counterparts, older women in television shows are often portrayed in a negative light or, even worse, not represented at all. Older women are almost invisible in prime-time television shows and movies. In my analysis ...

The contributions of and portrayal of women in the Malaysian media are summarized here in detail. Women's access to training in journalism and education is on average better than that of men. There are 3 communications departments in institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, and all enroll more women than men, probably because of women's better language skills and desire to enter a "glamou...

Essential concern of feminist ethics is that the moral perspectives and experiences women are not often taken into cognizance in ethical discussion there an unjust power structure a culture discriminates against privileges position rights men over women. The ideal based on male evaluation. views what ought to be just relationships between permeate almost all aspects cultural life, including mus...

This chapter summarizes the state of the art in cartography, offers design guidelines as advice on how to maximize the effectiveness of the map as a communications medium, and illustrates how certain characteristics may be better displayed one way over another. Cartography is a huge subject; this chapter does not attempt to be a comprehensive course, nor a definitive text in the subject of cart...

SINCE THE REBIRTH of the women's movement in the 1960s, critics consistently have raged against the way advertising treats women. Scantily clad, suggestively portrayed women sell every different type of product on television, in magazines, and now on personal computer screens, in increasing numbers, since the 1980s. In the past, young, educated women were the strongest critics of advertisements...

This essay examines the self-definition of Japanese American women through anintersectional lens, recognizing intricate interplay multiple identities shaped by factorssuch as race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and more. While portrayal minority bymainstream media a homogenous group has resulted in damaging stereotypes that underminethe complexity diversity their experiences, intersectional theo...

It has been proposed that self-portrayal concerns - fundamental worries that particular negative self-attributes will become exposed during social encounters and criticized by others - underlie the experience of social anxiety (SA) and drive associated avoidance and safety behaviors (Moscovitch, 2009). The development of the Negative Self Portrayal Scale (NSPS) to assess such concerns across th...