After reviewing this week’s Canvas content (hint: this assignment will be much easier to complete if you watch the documentary Killing Us Softly first), choose a popular women’s magazine and compare/contrast the content found within it to the content found in Ms. Magazine.
(Magazines that work well for this assignment include: Cosmopolitan, Elle, Allure, Glamour, Vogue, etc. and you can access all of these magazines online.)
Issues to address in your analysis:
- What messages are being conveyed to the readers of these two different magazines? For example, what do the two different magazines promote as important and worth women’s attention? How is femininity presented in each magazine?
- Specifically describe how those messages are communicated via writing, accompanying images, and advertisements.
- Finally, what do you think the outcome of these various messages are? Are there any potentially negative outcomes? Positive outcomes? Is the content of one magazine “better” than the other?
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