Media and Male Identity

The Making and Remaking of Men

This book presents a landmark in-depth study of how mass media contributes to the making and remaking of male identity. It concludes that, unless addressed, the effects of negative discourse on the self-identity and self-esteem of men, are potentially devastating and that the longer-term and wider social implications will also be costly.

... relation to men in the media; they are predominantly evil. The main subject categories (topics) reported in relation to men that contributed to these profiles or themes are shown in Figure 6.3. Men are mostly reported in mass media news ...