Killing us softly? investigating portrayals of women and men in contemporary magazine advertisements

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-478

  Conley, Terri D ^a   Ramsey, Laura R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

advertising; body image; instructional media; mass media; popular culture; sex roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052210880     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0361684311413383     Document Type: Article

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