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The Representation of Women in Magazines, 2002.
Discusses the history of women being featured in magazines and why the image of the thin woman negatively affects women, especially teenage girls, in present times.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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From the earliest moment in time, women have been represented in the world of magazines. During the pre-revolutionary era women were represented in the press. The world of magazines is known for the social changes that are made. When you consider the role of the media and its representation concerning women, today we have a serious problem with not only fashion models, but also women in every walk of life. Why? The representation of thin women leads to serious eating disorders ranging from anorexia or bulimia. Many teenagers starve themselves to have the "thin" bodies they want. Certainly, the representation of women in magazines affects teenagers.
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Women's Magazines, 2002.
This paper discusses the relationship of women?s magazines to today?s women.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper analyzes whether the women's magazines McCall's, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Woman's Day, and Better Homes and Gardens are a friend to the liberated woman of today.
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Glossy Women Magazines, 2006.
This paper analyzes a women's magazine; "Glamour."
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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The paper discusses how "Glamour" initially gives the same impression as all glossy women magazines with its focus on women, clothing and beauty. The magazine is filled with slim models and the numerous advertisements are preoccupied with make up, skin care, hair and beauty, moisturizer essentials and news relating to celebrities. In fact, the vast proportion of the magazine is devoted to beauty tips or clothing information, and almost every second page is an ad that is concerned with superficial bodily aspects such as the condition of the skin.
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Perfume Print Advertising In Women's Magazines, 2005.
An analysis of perfume print advertising In women's fashion magazines, in the years 2004-2005.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This essay compares two types of media analysis, semiotic and content, by analyzing twelve perfume ads taken from fashion magazines over a one year period. In this discussion, the hypothesis is that perfume ads focus on the creation of meaning through the combination of defined elements that result in the visual construction of an unreal female image. "
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"In Women's Fashion Magazines 2004-2005 While enjoying the guilty pleasure of browsing though magazines, one cannot deny the impulse to pause sometimes and gaze intently at images of the products presented. In fashion magazines in particular, one cannot help but read the intended meaning as it associates to our own selves and even perhaps compare ourselves to the meaning presented. Perfume ads are some of the most evocative ads as a mere bottle cannot often communicate the promised benefit of the product. Therefore in order to communicate to the viewer, meaning is created using images and text."
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"Self" Magazine and Women In Society, 1999.
An overview of changes in the women's role in society and media and a gender analysis of this magazine aimed at young women in both content and advertising.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 7 sources, $ 95.95
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A gender analysis of the magazine Self shows that it is directed largely at young women both in terms of content and advertising. The magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to questions of health, fitness, and lifestyle, and it is apparent that the magazine would be identified more as a women's publication than a man's based on the various issues addressed and the way these issues are treated.
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A gender analysis of the magazine Self shows that it is directed largely at young women both in terms of content and advertising. The magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to questions of health, fitness, and lifestyle, and it is apparent that the magazine would be identified more as a women's publication than a man's based on the various issues addressed and the way these issues are treated. In addition, while the advertising often shows a certain sexual appeal that might seem to be directed at men, most of the products make this doubtful and instead suggest that the young women in the ad are intended to evoke a degree of envy on the part of magazine readers so they would buy the product in an attempt to emulate the young women and in effect become them. This is in keeping with the tone of ..."
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Online Magazines vs. Hard Copy Magazines, 2007.
A comparison between the printed video game magazine, "Hyper", and the video game website, "Imagine Games Network".
1,618 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper analyzes the differences found between online journals or magazines and hard copy examples. The paper explores the similarities and differences between two magazine publications - "Hyper" (an Australian video gaming print magazine) and the "Imagine Games Network" (IGN.COM, an American video gaming online magazine). The paper concludes that both styles of magazine have their strengths and weaknesses - both are popular and both are profitable.
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"As of the September issue 2003, Hyper has been in monthly print for exactly a decade in Australia. This makes it the longest running video gaming magazine in the country - obviously due to its success. Hyper's publisher Next Media publishing sells approximately two million magazines a month and is ranked in the top ten of Australia's media publishers (Fish: 2003, Hyper Issue 112 pg6). Looking through the various articles, pictures and even advertisements in the magazine one can gather that it is targeted at a predominantly male readership. Subtle sexual innuendos aimed at teenage boys are scattered throughout each issue. The wording of each article is written in a casual fashion and never talks down to the reader. The magazine never takes itself too seriously either, perhaps in a knowing attempt to allow their readership to escape their hectic lives for a while (much like videogames do). An example of this can be found in Issue 97, which shows a preview for a game by the name of 'Conker's Bad Fur Day'. A picture showcasing the visuals of the game depicts a squirrel character standing over a female dinosaur character with a giant bone in his hand. The caption states: 'oooh, looks like she's about to get boned dude!' (Shea: 2003, Hyper Issue 97 pg68). Although it is clear the screenshot itself is not intended sexually, the journalists of the magazine know their audience and are fully willing to use some sexual humour to spark up some interest."
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Magazines and Body Image, 2004.
This paper discusses women's magazines and the influence they have on body image in women.
1,857 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper discusses what body image is, what exactly is being viewed by women in women's magazines and then why these images have the effect that they do. It then discusses women's reactions, how they make them feel and how viewing women's magazines can affect their self-image. It then goes into detail of what could be done to fix this.
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"Flip absent-mindedly through any young women?s magazine and in between the titles and pages of ?4 Hot New Makeup Looks? and ?Little Signs He?s The One?, you?ll see dozens and dozens of women who all look the same. Women advertising one thing or another, all with the exact same incredible makeup, all with skin highlighted with professional lighting and computer touch-ups, all pouting in that sexy manner and leaning in the same seductive poses? all perfectly sweet, sexy, and skinny. All with perfect bodies."
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Women's Image in Advertisements, 2007.
This paper is an analysis of the portrayal of women's image in magazine advertisements in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as based on a content analysis of the literature and on a convenience sample survey of 50 female students.
17,435 words (approx. 69.7 pages), 34 sources, APA, $ 249.95
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This paper states that the the main purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of women's image in advertisements' contents as depicted in the most widely circulated Arab women magazines in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to identify the effect of such contents in formulating the societal image of women. The study also examines how women feel about the presented image of women in advertising. The author points out that, in the UAE, women not only are gaining ground in workforce participation but also are filling positions once held primarily by men; however, this is not always reflected in ads. The paper indicates that the majority of female students felt that the relationship between the woman's image in published advertisements and society's view towards her is a highly positive one. The paper includes the data generated by the survey and several figures, tables and quotations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Introduction
Need for the Study
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Procedures
Research Hypotheses
Review of Literature
Background and Overview
United Arab Emirates Today
The Impact of Advertisement
The Importance of the Visual Image in Advertisements
The Women's Image in the Visual Advertisements
Depiction of Women in Magazine Advertisements
Methodology
Sample
Instrumentation
Data Collection Procedures
Results
Data Analysis
Discussion and Conclusion
Discussion of Results
Recommendations
Questionnaire
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"Arab information media have by and large been established on a weak economic base throughout the Middle East. For example, Arab newspapers were introduced when national incomes and populations were small, and the literacy rates were low; as a result, both advertising revenues and mass-circulation sales (the two primary sources of commercial newspaper income elsewhere), were restricted. Even after World War II, as the Arab economies enjoyed a new level of prosperity, advertising remained sufficiently insignificant to most Arab businessmen, and did not appear to represent a viable avenue of revenue-generation in the modest-circulation press, to enable newspaper publishers to generate many advertisements in the first place."
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Magazines: What They Mean to Us, 2002.
This paper discusses the importance of magazines in our society, and how magazines influence children's reading.
1,190 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 40.95
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This essay is critical review of the magazine?s effect on the literacy among children and youth. Comparisons are made between magazines, newspapers, mass media, and electronic e-zine.
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"In my opinion, magazines are the key to our nation?s youth becoming avid readers. When they are young, children are naturally more visual learners because this is the only way their minds are able to process information, as their vocabulary is not developed to an extent where merely words can convey an idea. This is the advantage magazines have over books of print. Magazines are littered with colorful pictures to accompany articles so as to provide a more vivid expression of the theme at hand."
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Cartographic Relief Representation, 2007.
This paper is a literature review to provide a historical overview of techniques for topographical relief representation in map-making.
3,815 words (approx. 15.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 104.95
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This paper explains that, although global positioning systems provide cartographers with the ability to pinpoint topographical features and today the ability to express relief and contours on modern maps is commonplace, it was not always this easy. The author points out that, while the history of map-making is truly ancient, the ability to communicate accurately relief features on maps began in Italy during the 15th century. The paper concludes that today's cartographer enjoys the benefits of centuries of research into different ways of communicating three-dimensional features on two-dimensional planes and that the introduction of powerful three-dimensional computer-based visualization applications represents a true milestone in cartography history. The paper includes quotations and illustrations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Rationale in Support of Study
Previous Research
Objective of the Study
Organization of the Study
Background of the Study of Relief Representation
Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Study Design
Theoretical Basis
Research Strategy Employed
Execution of the Study of Relief Representation
Results and Analysis of Relief Representation Techniques
Results
Analysis
Summary and Conclusions
Summary
Conclusions
Limitations of the Study
Recommendation for Future Research
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"According to Kirschenbauer and Buchroithner (2001), although these three-dimensional techniques provide the user with a decent overall impression of the represented relief, the transmission of detailed information and precise height data as it is rendered by contour lines is not simplified to any significant degree. This is because any of the older (which is to say a couple of years) present detailed landforms with techniques that do not provide a truly comprehensive picture yet. However, these authors emphasize that new technological innovations are making strides in this direction every day."
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Political Parties and Representation in Modern Democracies, 2006.
A discussion regarding to what extent the functioning of political parties can explain the crisis of representation of the 'people' in modern democracies.
9,480 words (approx. 37.9 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 194.95
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This paper takes an in-depth look at political parties and issues that surround representation of the people in modern democracies. According to the paper, political parties, in their organization and their functioning, display numerous problems in terms of representation. The paper focuses particularly on two of these problems, the modes of government and the modes of funding. The paper also analyzes the aftermaths of the logic of electoral competition for the representation of the membership and the electorate.
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"Political representation is quite a hard concept to grasp. It was rejected by the French during the Revolution as an impediment to the self-government of the people. Nonetheless, I will try to show that political representation is necessary for ensuring freedom in our modern democracies.
But first let us turn back to our French Revolution and the establishment of what could be considered as a quasi-totalitarian regime. In France, traditional feudal aristocratic society was undermined by an absolutist and centralist state. When the French Revolution broke out, the remaining feudal instances were destroyed even further (loi Le Chapelier), so that in fact only the individuals and the state remained without the traditional feudal corporations to mediate between them. The question then is how a society can be held together when it has been dismembered and robbed of the intermediary associations that had given it its concrete form and reality. Most revolutionaries followed republicans like Rousseau or Sieyes. The only way for them to bring about a post-feudal democratic order was by converting particular interests to the common good. Individuals were now called upon to set aside their particular preferences and to identify fully with the common will of the people in order to establish real popular sovereignty and equality. The Jacobin revolutionaries thus assumed that a true democracy could only be established if abstract democratic principles like formal equality, popular sovereignty or the unitary will of the people were indeed completely "turned into reality" (i.e. "actualized" or "materialized"), rather than merely respected (Weymans: 263-282). This is characteristic of totalitarian regimes. More so, to Claude Lefort totalitarianism represents a society's attempt to fully "materialize" or "actualize" democratic principles by making the people really one, equal, free or sovereign. That is also what distinguishes them from democratic regimes. While the totalitarian state tries to realize the principles (by embodying them), a democratic state prevents a society from realizing these (through representation), thus remaining distinct from and dependent on society. This distinction or alienation of the state from society is indeed necessary."
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Women?s Magazines, 2004.
A look at the dieting and advertising trends in women's magazines from 1980 to the present.
1,573 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper describes a study to analyze the frequency of diet ads in two popular women?s magazines, "Good Housekeeping" and "Seventeen". It looks at how an archival study was done to record the number of all diet ads and/or articles in the two selected magazines over a time span from 1980 to 2003. It concludes that the results indicated that there was not any significant difference between the number of diet ads between the two selected magazines and also did not support a significant relationship between the number of diet ads and the decades.
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"The projection of the desirable woman, particularly in North America, in mass media is an unrealistic, and for many women, unattainable body type (Harrison, 2003; Koff, & Benavage, 1998). Since the post-war era, there has been a significant increase in eating disorders (Harrison, 2003; Koff, & Benavage, 1998; Polivy & Herman 2004). Large or overweight women are generally stigmatized in respect to how sexually attractive they are, and in courtship (Wiederman, 2000)."
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Administrative Discretion and Active Representation, 2004.
An analysis of an article by J.E.Sowa and S.C. Selden, called "Administrative Discretion and Active Representation: An Expansion of the Theory of Representative Bureaucracy."
1,638 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper examines this article whose purpose is to look at the theory of representative bureaucracy in a slightly different way. Most studies dealing with representative bureaucracy have focused on active representation, but have not looked into the administrative discretion that is often tied to it. It explains how this study seeks not only to discuss the theory of representative bureaucracy, but then move on to administrative discretion and how it is often tied into the active representation of what one does. The main research question is whether administrative discretion and active representation are actually tied together and whether it affects how individuals who are making decisions based on minority status tend to make decisions in favor of those who are of the same race or ethnic background as they are.
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"The research model that is used is an empirical analysis and is conducted based on a housing loans program and whether individuals who are of minority descent will have a better chance of getting a home loan if the individual who is helping them with the loan is also of their same background. There are several variables in this particular study, with the first one being administrative discretion (Sowa & Selden, 2003). The variables that were chosen were utilized because they were believed that they would affect the behavior of various administrators and this in turn would determine whether decisions that had to do with minority interest would be made by these individuals. The administrative discretion is used in this particular study to see what impact it has on the various policy outcomes that work in favor of minority interest (Sowa & Selden, 2003)."
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Magazines and the Worlds They Create, 2004.
A comparative analysis of what the magazines ?Shape? and ?Men?s Health? create for their readership.
958 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper examines how two parallel magazines, ?Shape? and ?Men?s Health,? with similar market bases, target women and men with similar interests and from similar lifestyles and age groups. It compares the different ways the magazines conceptualize their readership and how the magazine?s advertising attempts to influence the targeted reading populations, despite the mutual parallel between the target audiences in their interest in living a fit lifestyle.
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"Both magazines discuss fitness, nutrition, going out, and what to wear when working out and going out on a monthly basis, in both male and female incarnations. One of the most pernicious stereotypes that cling to women?s magazines, as noted by Mary Kay Blakely, in her essay, ?Help or Hindrance? Women's Magazines Offer Readers Little Fear, Failure" is that such women?s-targeted magazines as ?Shape? are alleged to hinder women?s pursuit of independence. Yet ?Shape? magazine, and other female fitness magazines of its ilk, all often show women pumping iron, riding mountain bikes in the great outdoors as well as in great gyms, and show examples of women pushing themselves beyond their available limits on the playing courts as well as in terms of weight loss."
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Magazines, 2006.
An analysis of the success and popularity of magazines.
1,281 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper examines how magazines are visually interesting, have high pass-along readership, focus on specific interests of their publics, and offer highly targeted and efficient advertising. It also argues that magazines will continue to stay popular as long as they reflect the evolving interests of the public.
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"The articles in magazines have more meat to them than a typical article in a newspaper, or segment on a television show (Vivian, 2006). With fewer deadlines writers have the opportunity to invest a greater amount of time on each article they pursue. A lead article can span anywhere from three to twelve pages or more of content (Vivian, 2006). This engagement promotes further consideration of advertisements. Think of the uncle with a subscription to National Geographic. The articles are themselves a piece of history, and something that many have felt the need to collect and save. Until recently when National Geographic went digital, libraries across the United States saved years and years of back issues. "
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