Event Title
Sexualization of Female Adolescents in Music Videos
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
16-4-2013 2:00 PM
End Date
16-4-2013 4:00 PM
Student's Major
Psychology
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Eric Sprankle
Mentor's Department
Psychology
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Second Mentor's Name
Shelby Afflerbach
Second Mentor's Department
Psychology
Second Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
The sexualization of female adolescents has become a concern for media viewers in the last decade. Young girls in the media are being seen as sexual objects as opposed to being seen as independent people with defined characteristics. The current study presents a content analysis that analyzes participants’ (N=31) sexual ratings of six music videos featuring adolescent female artists.
Preliminary statistical analysis found that five out of the six videos were not rated as sexualizing for the artists. However, one video was rated to be sexualizing on several levels including: solo dancing, clothing, body language, environment, and videography (e.g., camera angles). These findings were interesting as the video that was found to be sexualizing is the only video that could be categorized as a rap video and is the only video with an African American artist. The videos will continue to be rated throughout the semester in order to obtain a larger sample size.
Sexualization of Female Adolescents in Music Videos
CSU Ballroom
The sexualization of female adolescents has become a concern for media viewers in the last decade. Young girls in the media are being seen as sexual objects as opposed to being seen as independent people with defined characteristics. The current study presents a content analysis that analyzes participants’ (N=31) sexual ratings of six music videos featuring adolescent female artists.
Preliminary statistical analysis found that five out of the six videos were not rated as sexualizing for the artists. However, one video was rated to be sexualizing on several levels including: solo dancing, clothing, body language, environment, and videography (e.g., camera angles). These findings were interesting as the video that was found to be sexualizing is the only video that could be categorized as a rap video and is the only video with an African American artist. The videos will continue to be rated throughout the semester in order to obtain a larger sample size.
Recommended Citation
Finley, Lauren and Amber McHugh. "Sexualization of Female Adolescents in Music Videos." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 16, 2013.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2013/poster-session-B/17
