...[Bibliography: Books]...
To what extent do the representation of female celebrities influence teenage girls?
"The media are very influential in shaping how we bahave and act in the real world." Laughey, Dan (2009): Media studies Theories and Approaches. Herts: Kamera Books
"Body image is paticularly typed- there is an almost universal preference for the skinny figure in representations of female fashion models..." Laughey, Dan (2009): Media studies Theory and Approaches. Herts: Kamera Books
"Femininty is constructed as closeness, as an 'overwhelming presence-to-self of the female body' (Doane, 1991, p.22)" Bernink, Mieke and Cook, Pam (1999): The Cinema Book, 2nd edition. London: British Film Institute
"Not only does it show women now to look beautyful and lead very exciting lives, but they still take their orders from a man." Creeber, Glen (2004): Fifty Key Television Programmes. London: Hodder Headline group
"Domestic goddess"..."exceeding the norms of femininity." Creeber, Glen and Millier, Tom (2008): The Television Genre Book. London: British Film Institute
"The media portrayal and construction of celebrities shape the way in which audience understand and make sense of the social world." Evans, Jessica and Hesmondhalgh, David (2005): Understanding Media: Inside Celebrity. Berkshire, England: Open University Press
"The 'possessive individual' understands the self to be 'a kind of cultural resource, asset or possession that has to be styled or accessorized in the same way that famous people are." Holmes, Su and Redmond, Sean (2006): Framing Celebrity. Ambingdon, Oxon: Routledge
"Women account for a sizeble proportion of cinema audiences"
Abrams, Nathan and Bell, Ian and Udris,Jan (2001): Studying Film, New York:“The media are very influential in shaping how we behave and act in the real world.” Laughey, Dan (2009): Media Studies Theories and Approaches. Herts: Kamera Books
“It has been suggested that their appeal is that they represent the people we would like to be, more perfect versions of ourselves...“There has been concern about the supposedly bad effects that popular culture may have an ‘ordinary’ people.” Wall, Peter (2007): Media Studies for AQA GCSE. Hammersmith, London: Harper Collins Publishers
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