Les magazines de bande dessinée d’horreur Creepy et Eerie, édités par Warren Publishing à partir 1964, sont habituellement lus comme poursuivant l’œuvre entreprise les publications EC Comics au cours la décennie précédente. Cet article vise montrer qu’il est possible placer ces dans une autre généalogie, devant plus cinéma aux monstres, dont le pionner Famous Monsters of Filmland, également pub...

This special issue introduction maps the trajectories, histories, ecologies and genealogies of small magazine production circulation in Africa, within broader contexts print cultural histories that frame intellectual, political communities Africa its diasporas long twentieth century. It argues for ways which not only creates alternative audiences publics, but frames literary continent relation ...

By drawing on a communication-based approach to populism, this article argues that populism research should put more emphasis the performative and stylistic dimension of phenomenon, including its visual elements, in different media formats. The study theoretically refers distinction through by media, which has been discussed great extent populist political communication research. Empirically, a...

OBJECTIVE Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the USA. As parents play a major role in shaping a child's diet, the present study examines food advertisements (ads) directed towards parents in parenting and family magazines. DESIGN Given the potential for magazines to influence attitudes and knowledge, we used content analysis to examine the food ads appearing in four issues each of six ...

This paper critically examines how cosmetic surgery and ‘other’ beauty products are presented as forming a continuum in UK women's lifestyle magazines. Having analysed 744 adverts various editorial features published across different magazines, this qualitatively the categorization of procedures treatments. The implications for current attempts to regulate marketing industry considered.

OBJECTIVES Body image in the mass media promotes an unrealistic picture of body shape that leads to body dissatisfaction among adolescentsQuery. Therefore, the study presented in this paper aimed to assess the association between mass media and adolescents' weight concerns and perceptions of body weight and shape. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted on school adolescents aged betwe...

In 2003, the alcohol beverage industry spent more than $1.6 billion on advertising in measured media outlets, including $394 million on ads placed in magazines. Industry critics assert that some of these activities intentionally target adolescent audiences and thereby contribute importantly to social problems associated with underage alcohol consumption. Several recent studies attempt to demons...

OBJECTIVE Magazines targeted at children under 12 years old are growing in popularity; past studies have asserted that food items are rarely exposed, but methodological issues may have covered the true extent of covert promotion. The primary purpose of the present study was to quantify the nature and extent of the promotion of branded food products in Australian children's magazines. DESIGN W...