1st Edition

Advertising, Gender and Society A Psychological Perspective

By Magdalena Zawisza-Riley Copyright 2019
230 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Advertising, Gender and Society explores contemporary social-psychological theory and original research that examines the portrayal of gender in advertising. It reports empirical data, discusses the social implications of gendered advertising and comments on the relevant 2019 ASA rules. Zawisza-Riley analyses theories such as stereotype content and elaboration likelihood models,... Read more

About the author

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part I: Key Concepts: Advertising, Gender and Society

Chapter 1: Advertising, Culture and Society

Chapter 2: The Concepts of Gender, Sex and Culture

Chapter 3: Portrayal of Gender in Advertising

Chapter 4: The Effects of Gendered Advertisements on Audiences

Part II: Gender, Sex and Advertising Effectiveness

Chapter 6: Psychographic Gender as a Predictor of the Effectiveness of Gendered Ads

Chapter 7: Sex, Gender and Processing Gendered Advertising Content

Part III: Recommendations for the Audience, Marketers and Policy Makers

Chapter 8: How Can Audiences Protect Themselves?

Chapter 9: How Could Marketers Help Themselves and Others?

Chapter 10: What (More) Could Policy Makers Do?

References

Index

Biography

Dr Magdalena Zawisza-Riley is an academic and consultant, with the position of Reader at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. She publishes in leading journals in gender, social and consumer psychology, is a holder of prestigious grants, and a co-editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Consumer Psychology. Her work has attracted media attention and informed Advertising Standards Authority reports.