representationn of men in mens magazines

... 05/05/09 A Study into the representation of men in men's magazines. The number of men's magazines, or lads mags, such as FHM, Loaded, Men's Health and GQ have rapidly grown in the past 10 - 15 years. Some argue that these relatively new types of magazines are negative because of the way they are openly sexist against women. The content of many of these 'lifestyle' magazines is very general, which could explain why they appeals to such a wide range. David Sharples states that "In the early to mid 1990's the men's magazine revolution began to take off in response perhaps to the development of women's position in society, and as they fought to change their roles, some men felt pressure to change too". All media texts give a mediated version of reality. Representation is a version of reality, it symbolises something or someone else. A representation is part of the ideology which

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