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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/10/videos-miley-cyrus-rihanna-ratings
Sexually explicit music videos 'should have ratings system'
Campaign demands cinema-style restrictions on graphic material aimed at teenage girls
A growing clamour to tackle sexually explicit pop videos will find a new voice this week with the launch of a campaign group to demand cinema-style ratings on lewd content aimed at teenage and pre-teenage girls.
Critics of the pop singer Miley Cyrus, who has unleashed an extraordinarily sexualised new image on her young fanbase. Jo Heywood of Heathfield School called on parents and teachers to give girls alternative images to the ones being peddled to them.
Heywood endorsed the efforts of newspaper columnist and author Caitlin Moran, who has written a TV sitcom to combat what she calls the one-dimensional image of teenage girls being hyped by the pop industry. Moran says girls are being force-fed the notion that "being hot" is all that they should aspire to.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/10/videos-miley-cyrus-rihanna-ratings
Sexually explicit music videos 'should have ratings system'
Campaign demands cinema-style restrictions on graphic material aimed at teenage girls
A growing clamour to tackle sexually explicit pop videos will find a new voice this week with the launch of a campaign group to demand cinema-style ratings on lewd content aimed at teenage and pre-teenage girls.
Critics of the pop singer Miley Cyrus, who has unleashed an extraordinarily sexualised new image on her young fanbase. Jo Heywood of Heathfield School called on parents and teachers to give girls alternative images to the ones being peddled to them.
Heywood endorsed the efforts of newspaper columnist and author Caitlin Moran, who has written a TV sitcom to combat what she calls the one-dimensional image of teenage girls being hyped by the pop industry. Moran says girls are being force-fed the notion that "being hot" is all that they should aspire to.
The debate over explicit lyrics and videos exploded last month with new material from Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Robin Thicke all coming in for intense criticism. A survey this month by parenting website Netmums showed strong parental disapproval over sexualised content in many music videos.
Traditional media representations of femininity
- Wolf (1990) suggests that the images of women used by the media present women as sex objects to be consumed by what Mulvey calls the male gaze. According to Kilbourne (1995), this media representation presents women as mannequins: tall and thin, often US size zero, with very long legs, perfect teeth and hair, and skin without a blemish in sight. Wolf notes that the media encourage women to view their bodies as a project in constant need of improvement.
Miley bares her soul—and her body—in her just-released "Wrecking Ball" music video. Though it's already broken the VEVO record for most views in 24 hours, the Terry Richardson-directed clip has also caused plenty of controversy. During a Sept. 11 Elvis Duran and the Morning Show radio interview, however, Cyrus downplayed the video's in-your-face nudity.
"I think the video is much more [than that]. If people get past the point I make, and you actually look at me, you can tell I look more broken than even the song sounds," she explained of the haunting track, produced by Dr. Luke and Cirkut.
he song is a pop ballad that everyone can relate to; everyone has felt that feeling at some point. If people can take their minds off the obvious and go into their imagination and see what the video really means, it is so vulnerable."
Cyrus, as more than 19 million viewers know, spends much of the video in tears. "If you look at my eyes, I look more sad than actually my voice sounds on the record," she pointed out. "It was a lot harder to do the video than it was to record the song. It was much more of an emotional experience."
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/files/2012/05/miriam-lowe.pdf
Research into the Representation of Gender and Body Image in the Press: A Visual and Textual Analysis Examining the Presentation, Portrayal and Treatment of Gender and Body Image in British National Daily Newspapers
A growth in the production and consumption of celebrity and as a result has spawn an interest and concern for its potential impact and effect on society. Like it or loath it, celebrity culture is with us: it surrounds us and even invades us. It shapes our thought and conduct, style and manner. It affects and is affected by not just hardcore fans but by entire populations” (Cashmore 2005: 6).Combine the increasing importance of celebrity with the way body image and gender is portrayed in the media, the potential for physical and psychological damage certainly demands serious attention. Numerous studies have been conducted over the years that have also concentrated on the link between the ideal body image promoted in magazines and body dissatisfaction, not only amongst women but men too.
Research into the Representation of Gender and Body Image in the Press: A Visual and Textual Analysis Examining the Presentation, Portrayal and Treatment of Gender and Body Image in British National Daily Newspapers
A growth in the production and consumption of celebrity and as a result has spawn an interest and concern for its potential impact and effect on society. Like it or loath it, celebrity culture is with us: it surrounds us and even invades us. It shapes our thought and conduct, style and manner. It affects and is affected by not just hardcore fans but by entire populations” (Cashmore 2005: 6).Combine the increasing importance of celebrity with the way body image and gender is portrayed in the media, the potential for physical and psychological damage certainly demands serious attention. Numerous studies have been conducted over the years that have also concentrated on the link between the ideal body image promoted in magazines and body dissatisfaction, not only amongst women but men too.
Miley Cyrus responds to pot-smoking controversy following EMAs
In the wake of the fresh batch of hand-wringing over her Just Being Miley, Cyrus took to Twitter to lay out her case. “Sometimes in life you just gotta decide to not give AF,” she wrote.
Meanwhile, MTV finds themselves in the good graces of a group that typically condemns them: The Parents Television Council. That groupapplauded MTV for editing out the footage of Cyrus smoking when the show was rebroadcast on Stateside MTV.
“Last night MTV made a responsible decision and they executed it perfectly,” PTC President and M.I.A. nemesis Tim Winter said. “It is unclear whether MTV’s actions suggest stricter content guidelines for its TV-14 programming, or whether this is just an example of the old saying that ‘even a broken clock is right twice each day.’ We certainly hope it is the former. We applaud MTV for taking responsible actions to eliminate the drug use from its U.S. broadcast, and we urge them to make that a uniform policy for all of its programming.”
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