Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Television creates stereotype of young people - She.be

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Young people who often watch sitcoms, tend the stereotypical roles therein appear to take over. It often comes down to is that women are objects that have to submit to men. That concludes doctoral student Laura Vandenbosch from her research at the KU Leuven, which The Standard message.

In her research bevroeg Vandenbosch girls and boys between 12 and 18 years old, from 13 Flemish schools. She asked them to what TV programs they watch and what media they are consuming. The researcher followed them for a year and came to some conclusions. At the first visit to the schools 56 percent of teenage girls that they were by their environment rather than on their appearance rated on character or intelligence said. When the question was repeated a year later, found that 68 percent view. In boys, there was a small increase from 15 to 16 percent.

“Sitcoms, youth magazines and music videos promote an ideal of beauty,” Vandenbosch concludes. “It’s sexualized messages. Boys and girls in the first survey indicated more frequently consume such messages attached to the repeated questions a year later more importance to their looks than personality. Professor Steven Eggermont (KU Leuven), Vandenbosch ‘promoter, is worried. “Previous research showed that fewer girls enjoy their first sexual experience when they end up in the role of object.”

Eggermont puts and takes that boys can also pick up on relationships. positive messages He is asking for more communication with young people about what they see in the media.

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