Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on peopleâs identities? The new edition of Media Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated including new case studies and a new chapter it considers a wide range of research and provides new ways for thinking about the mediaâs influence on gender and sexuality. David Gauntlett discusses movies such as Knocked Up and Spiderman 3 menâs and womenâs magazines TV shows self-help books YouTube videos and more to show how the media play a role in the shaping of individual self-identities. The book includes: a comparison of gender representations in the past and today from James Bond to Ugly Betty an introduction to key theorists such as Judith Butler Anthony Giddens and Michel Foucault an outline of creative approaches where identities are explored with video drawing or Lego bricks a Companion Website with extra articles interviews and selected links at: www. theoryhead. com. . Language: English