Monday 22 November 2010

Representation: Case Study 1

The main question for the representation case study is:

The representation of young female celebrities in gossip magazine!

Tuesday 16 November 2010

The representation of young female celebrities in reality TV and gossip magazine

I have chosen to study this topic, because recently there has been a raise in young female celebrities on TV and all over gossip magazines,audiences are exposed to the life of celebrities everyday through the use of the media and celebrities are in demand as they are very popular and well known amongst a wide range of audiences.Young celebrities are often referred to 'wannabes as they all seen to want to 'WAGS' and to be a successful celebrity with a famous footballer as a husband. The influences the audiences and the wannabe wags life style is often misleading. I need to explore the issues and debates surrouding women in reailty TV shows and Gossip magainze.


Reailty TV shows such as:

WAGs Boutique(ITV2)- A reality television show on ITV2 in which two teams of WAGs (footballers' wives and girlfriends) ran two rival fashion boutiques over a three month period,this test thier skills and ability as each group needs to show that they can make the most profit in doing so they will be the 'winning WAG' status who will then work with a fashion designer and to own thier own fashion range, they will also be awarded a colum in Reveal Magainze(Gossip Magazine.

Celebrity Wife Swap(Channel 4)- This consists of two families, who will share 2 week of life changing experience as they go ahead with the swap as they are introduced to their new family and must life by the rules of that house hold for the first week because in week two the wife’s have the chance to change the rules to their own life style, as the two family are from vastly different social classes and have very difference lifestyles. At the end of the two weeks, the two couples all meet together for the first time in order to discuss how they felt about the two weeks, what experience they gain and how they can change things for the better. A few weeks later the cameras return to record what changes have occurred since the wife swap and how their lives have changed.

Ohter examples are:

Celebritys Big Brother(Channel 4)
Come Dine with Me celebrity specail(Channel 4)
X Factor (ITV)
Britain's Got Talent (ITV)
The Family (Channel 4)
Dating in the Dark (Living)
From G's to Gents (MTV)
What Not to Wear (BBC)


Top 10 Gossip Magazines
http://www.allyoucanread.com/top-10-gossip-magazines/

Top 10 women's magazine
http://allwomenstalk.com/top-10-womens-magazines/

Gossip magazines are very popular with audiences and readers who are addicted to the weekly update of celebrity lives stories as it contains endless stories about the personal lives of celebrities which covers the topics of the celebrity homosexuality, illegal drug use, celebrity babies and couples and much more. We are a nation who is constantly influenced and exposed by what we see through the use of the media, yet swell still enjoy readying about all the explicit and private lives surrounding celebrities in order to escape from our own surrounding and busy lives.We often see the relationship between TV magazine through the use of programme such as The X-factor as the issues surround the contestant or judge are reflected in magazine such as Closer and Reveal.