Directing gaze: The effect of disclaimer labels on women's visual attention to fashion magazine advertisements

Body Image

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 357-363

  Bury, Belinda ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a   Slater, Amy ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disclaimer labels; Eye tracking; Fashion magazines; Media; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTENTION; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STUDENTS; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908146751     PISSN: 17401445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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