Animation stereotypes

Primary Research

Magazines:
Sugar
CBeebies weekly magazine
In the Night Garden
Action Man
Official Jetix Magazine
Girl Talk
Match of the Day
Top of the Pops
Teen Vogue
Ella Girl
Cosmo Girl
Bliss
Kiss
Mizz
Shout
Teen People
(Analyse male 'lad mags' such as Nuts and Zoo due to a proportion of the active readers being under 18)



Other Websites:
www.childrenswebmagazine.com
www.jetix.co.uk/
http://www.bbcmagazines.com/

Acceptable?

front cover titles for teen mag 'Sugar'.

Acceptable?

Extract from 'Ill Effects'

‘Finally, researchers within cultural studies have also drawn attention to the complexity of children’s readings of the media, and of the social relationships within which they are situated. In common with constructivists, such researchers regard children as ‘active’ producers of meaning, rather than passive consumers, although they are also concerned with the ideological and formal constraints which are exerted by the text. One important emphasis here is on the social processes through which meaning is constructed, and the ways in which children define and negotiate their social identities through talk about the media.’ - David Buckingham

Critical Research Title

My key question is 'How is gender represented in contemporary children's magazines?'

My key secondary research area's will be:

Academic Websites:
http://www.mediaknowall.com/gender.html
http://www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/media20revision/unit1/lesson8/lesson8.html
http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-rol1.htm

Books:
The magazine handbook.
Ill Effects.
What is a Child?