Culture
Looking at the website on a cultural basis I think that it shows a good representation of woman today where by they are often obsessed with how they look that they can’t get enough information and advise on how to look good. In today’s society its all about ‘image’ and looking right. There is clear evidence of this seen through the Cosmopolitan website as all the subjects in headings and hypertexts are all areas on how to improve woman like fitness, the latest fashions and what celebrity’s are wearing
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/index.php/landing/9072
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/index.php/landing/9070
http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/index.php/cat/The_sexiest_in_film
In today’s female culture woman feel that they have to keep up with the latest trends and looks in order to fit in and be accepted by certain individuals around them which is why the Cosmo website like this provides this kind of information. Woman aspire to be like these celebrity’s and will do anything to make themselves look like them with the help of tips from these online magazine websites like the Cosmopolitan one I am an analysing.
The fact that the online magazine has a ‘Chat’ section where people can discuss topics says a lot about our culture today in that sometimes we often feel more comfortable in discussing certain subjects with people we don’t know and feel the internet is a suitable place for this as we can hide our identity and it doesn’t matter what we discuss because people will never no who we are. As we use names like ‘silverbunni’ and ‘portia92’ that really don’t mean anything to anybody who doesn’t no them.
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Helen,
Do be wary of generalizations/sweeping statements in your work. Whilst many women may be concerned with appearances, this doesn't apply to all. Do you think the on-line magazine appeals specifically to a certain age-range, or across the board? I think the comments you make about the anonymity in discussing topics with strangers, does indeed make a comment about the society we live in.....I think it's good that people have access to other people and information, but to some extent is sad, and shows the breakdown of real-life social interaction?
All the best
Emma
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