Synopsis — This article focuses on the way concepts of feminism and femininity, often considered oppositional, intersect within two contemporary Turkish women’s magazines, Kim and Kadınca. The methodology is derived from feminist critical theory and cultural studies, and includes textual analysis of the magazines as well as structured interviews with their editors. A range of potentially compet...

background: traditional cigarette advertising has existed in the us for over 200 years. studies suggest that advertising has an impact on the initiation and maintenance of smoking behaviors. in recent years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) emerged on the market as an alternative to the traditional tobacco cigarette. the purpose of this study was to describe advertisements in popular us mag...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Brazil has the fifth largest population of obese individuals in the world. Women's magazines publish a large number of diet plans, and therefore the objective of this study was to assess the quality of these plans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study. METHODS: We included the Brazilian women's magazines of highest circulation published between January and June 2...

BACKGROUND In the United States, skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, with an estimated 5 million people treated per year and annual medical treatment expenditures that exceed 8 billion dollars. The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) to enumerate the number of advertisements for skin products with and without Sun Protection Factor (SPF) and to further analyze the specific adve...

This article explores undergraduate students' perceptions of the accuracy, relevance, and currency of information presented on the World Wide Web (Web). In this study, we asked our subjects to rank various information sources in terms of perceived accuracy, relevance, and currency. The information sources studied include the Web, business magazines, scholarly journals, general-interest magazine...

I chronicle the American magazine industry from its inception in 1741 to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 and explain how the industry came to take on a form that, in large part, persists to the present day. My analysis highlights the cultural factors that shaped magazines: on the supply side, the social construction of a market-based conception of authorship and a supporting legal framewo...

Mass media can inform health beliefs and shape cancer control behaviours. This study surveyed cancer coverage in 309 issues of Canadian women's magazines for the period 1991-1997. Magazines were selected if 1996 revenue > $10 million and circulation > 500,000; Canadian Living, Chatelaine, Flare and Homemaker's met these criteria. The volume of cancer coverage varied significantly by year and by...

My aim in this article is to explore today's male roles and ideals by analysing the new men's magazines. I have primarily focussed on two also chosen interview men order gain an understanding of how they perceive masculine prevalent society as well what think Does everyday ideal correspond that presented magazines? As my deals with magazines, find it relevant explain concepts such masculinity, ...

BACKGROUND The content of the mass media is a suitable tool for making changes to the society. One of the most read news in the mass media is nutritional information. The goal of this study is to assess the scientific authenticity of such information published in Iranian popular magazines. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study is a qualitative study (content analysis) and uses bibliographic approa...

BACKGROUND The present study examined dietary messages conveyed in articles and advertising in two popular British women's magazines, Woman and Home and Woman's Own, between 1940 and 1954. METHODS A qualitative analysis of written content was performed, focusing on regularities evident in content, and addressing the construction of the role of women in relation to food provision, as well as a...