"I just find it awkward": Girls' negotiations of sexualised pop music media

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"I just find it awkward": Girls' negotiations of sexualised pop music media

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Victoria University of Wellington

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This thesis examines girls’ relationship with and consumption of female pop stars’ music media. It is contextualised within a period of extensive academic and media debate about girls’ engagement with what has been termed the sexualisation of culture. Much of the alarm concerning girls’ premature sexualisation is underpinned by the presumption of girls as passive media consumers who are uniformly influenced by sexually saturated female pop music, particularly its ubiquitous representation of ...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Goddard, Sarah

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/_I_just_find_it_awkward_Girls_negotiations_of_sexualised_pop...

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Psychology of ageing / Community psychology / Gender psychology / Social psychology / Girls / Popular music / Sexualisation / School: School of Psychology / Developmental Psychology and Ageing / Gender Psychology / Social and Community Psychology / Moral and Social Development (incl. Affect) / Learner and Learning Achievement / Social Structure and Health / Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Psychology / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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