Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte

In South Africa there is growing concern regarding the manner in which women are portrayed in advertisements. Up to now no studies have been undertaken in support or otherwise of this concern. However, theories of mass communications support the fact that advertising is powerful enough to prescribe...

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Main Author: Angela Petersen
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Language:English
Published: University of Johannesburg 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2060
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description In South Africa there is growing concern regarding the manner in which women are portrayed in advertisements. Up to now no studies have been undertaken in support or otherwise of this concern. However, theories of mass communications support the fact that advertising is powerful enough to prescribe and reflect the existing values and norms of the society. Advertising is also a form of communication of persuasion and influence. By means of techniques of persuasion, views and behaviour can be influenced in a direction determined by the initiator. These techniques determined include typecasting, an important element of the study which was under taken. The purpose of the study was to determine the manner in which South African women are portrayed in South African women's magazines. For this purpose it was necessary to review the role of women in Western Society and to determine which historical factors had influenced this role. The hypotheses for the analysis were derived from literature and research relating to the portrayal of women in American advertising, and from South African seminar material and a few articles on this subject which could be located. The most significant finding is that women in South-African magazine advertisements are depicted relatively free from stereotyped images and traditional ideas. This reflects the fact that marketers and advertisers have accepted the changing values and norms relating to the role of women.
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spelling doaj-art-f29031c7ac2f415497aa463d5c91f9252025-01-20T08:44:19ZengUniversity of JohannesburgCommunicare0259-00692957-79502022-11-018110.36615/jcsa.v8i1.2060Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifteAngela Petersen0Color Processing Laboratories In South Africa there is growing concern regarding the manner in which women are portrayed in advertisements. Up to now no studies have been undertaken in support or otherwise of this concern. However, theories of mass communications support the fact that advertising is powerful enough to prescribe and reflect the existing values and norms of the society. Advertising is also a form of communication of persuasion and influence. By means of techniques of persuasion, views and behaviour can be influenced in a direction determined by the initiator. These techniques determined include typecasting, an important element of the study which was under taken. The purpose of the study was to determine the manner in which South African women are portrayed in South African women's magazines. For this purpose it was necessary to review the role of women in Western Society and to determine which historical factors had influenced this role. The hypotheses for the analysis were derived from literature and research relating to the portrayal of women in American advertising, and from South African seminar material and a few articles on this subject which could be located. The most significant finding is that women in South-African magazine advertisements are depicted relatively free from stereotyped images and traditional ideas. This reflects the fact that marketers and advertisers have accepted the changing values and norms relating to the role of women. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2060women are portrayed in advertisementsmass communicationsvalues and norms of the societycommunicationpersuasion and influence
spellingShingle Angela Petersen
Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
Communicare
women are portrayed in advertisements
mass communications
values and norms of the society
communication
persuasion and influence
title Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
title_full Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
title_fullStr Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
title_full_unstemmed Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
title_short Die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in Suid-Afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
title_sort die uitbeelding van die vroulike rol in advertensies in suid afrikaanse vrouelydskrifte
topic women are portrayed in advertisements
mass communications
values and norms of the society
communication
persuasion and influence
url https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jcsa/article/view/2060
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