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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: a Content Analysis of Self-Inflicted Face-ism on Instagram
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Powell, Madeline |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to explore potential gendered stereotypes by examining the facial prominence of male and female celebrities' social media images. The face-ism theory evaluates the facial prominence of a depiction; higher facial prominence prompts viewers of media to assume the person they are observing is more intelligent and more likeable in general. In previous research men had higher facial prominence than women, which calls in to question the perpetuation of gendered stereotypes in media. This research is a content analysis of 600 selfselected Instagram photos, posted by the top 30 followed men and women celebrities on Instagram. The images were analyzed to test differences in facial prominence using the face-ism index to measure the head-body ratio of the celebrities. The popularity of the images and the occupation of the celebrity were also coded. The results of this study found no difference in facial prominence between men and women, suggesting that celebrities' self-selected images do not replicate the gender-biased facial prominence seen in images selected in marketing, advertising, and film. However, facial prominence for both female and male celebrities was very low compared to other studies. This study also found that occupation and popularity have no relationship to the level of facial prominence. The implications for new media in regard to the face-ism theory should be explored further in additional research. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.15760/honors.340 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1409&context=honorstheses&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
