The Difference of Body Exposure: Images of Females and Males in Three Top Teen Magazines.

• Main Author: Blank, Angie Lovette
• Format: Others
• Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2002
• Subjects: Teen Magazines; Face-ism; Adolescent Girls; Media; Body Image; Communication; Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Online Access: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/668; https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1825&context=etd

This study examined differences of how females and males were represented in three top teen magazines. Depiction of female and male bodies in the magazines was explored by the cropping of the photographs. The images were examined to determine if emphasis was placed on the face or the body. The researcher used the Body Index Scale coding instrument. A simple random sample of 1200 images in the three top teen magazines was analyzed. The study did not show any statistical significance on hypotheses one, which stated that photographic images of females will be cropped lower on the body than images of males. However, there were significant findings on how images were cropped in relation to story type. The significance of this study was showing how images of females and males are cropped differently in teen magazines. This finding could affect the way adolescent girls think and feel about their appearance.