Media and Male Identity
Subtitle: The Making and Remaking of Men
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780230001671
Subjects: Cultural studies; Gender Studies; Media Studies; Mass Communication Media And Society; Sociology Of Men; Social Science; Sociology; Popular Culture - General; Social Science / Gender Studies; Men's Studies - General; Identity; Mass media; Men; Men in mass media; Social aspects
Description: "New research reported in this book shows that portrayals of men and male identity in contemporary western societies are overwhelmingly negative and that men today are extensively demonized, marginalized, trivialized and objectified in mass media. The study concludes that, unless addressed, the effects of negative discourse on the self-identity and self-esteem of men, and especially boys growing up, are potentially devastating and that the longer-term and wider social implications will also be costly."--Jacket.