The researcher concluded that over the 30-year time period studied, male images have become thinner and more muscularly defined. Examination of photos, text and source citations indicate that coverage of the poor and programs aimed to combat poverty has grown increasingly unsympathetic and male politicians continue to dominate the discussion. The study was launched to gain insight into magazines' role as influential molders of discourse designed to promote social order. A close textual reading, with attention to linguistic dimensions, uncovered more than the medial reality of an incurable virus, or real geography. The ideologically loaded master narratives underscored hegemonic power relations through frames, sourcing practices, metaphors, and symbolic word groupings.
Zine publishers use their work to satisfy specific needs that the mainstream media fail to satisfy.
Through the creation of their own texts, they explore dimensions of their lives that consuming other media simply cannot reach. Zinesters share their they work with other zine publishers, developing common bonds and tightening connections within their community. The study was conducted to explore the relationship between the reading of women's beauty and fashion magazines, dieting behavior, and the existence of anorectic cognitions in college-age women. Unlike past studies, which have examined the relationship between the quantity of beauty and fashion magazines read and eating disorders, this study assesses the impact of reading frequency, preferences for articles, photos, of ads, and motivation for reading on dieting behavior, which is considered to be precursor to the development of eating disorders. This research examines what ordinary consumers of news have written about journalism over the past 30 years in letters to the editor.