Sexual cues emanating from the Anchorette chair : implications for perceived professionalism, fitness for beat, and memory for news

dc.contributor.authorGrabe, Maria Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorSamson, Lelia
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-21T11:57:59Z
dc.date.available2012-05-21T11:57:59Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe experimental study reported here employed one of the most compelling visual cues of female sexual attractiveness (low waist-to-hip ratio) to test the influence of news anchor sexualization on audience evaluations of her as a professional and their memory for the news that she presents. Male participants saw the sexualized version of the anchor as less suited for war and political reporting. They also encoded less news information presented by the sexualized than her unsexualized version. Conclusions were drawn in line with evolutionary psychology expectations of men’s cognitive susceptibility to visual sex cues. Women participants, on the other hand, did not vary across conditions in their assessments of the anchor’s competence to report on war and political news. Moreover, they encoded more news information presented by the sexualized than unsexualized anchor condition.en
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.naven_US
dc.identifier.citationGrabe, ME & Samson, L 2010, 'Sexual cues emanating from the Anchorette chair : implications for perceived professionalism, fitness for beat, and memory for news', Communication Research, vol. 38, no. 94, pp. 471-496.en
dc.identifier.issn0093-6502 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1552-3810 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1177/0093650210384986
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/18801
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2010en_US
dc.subjectProfessionalismen
dc.subjectWaist-to-hip-ratioen
dc.subjectFemale anchoren
dc.subject.lcshEvolutionary psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshSexual attractionen
dc.subject.lcshTelevision broadcasting of newsen
dc.subject.lcshHuman information processingen
dc.subject.lcshWomen -- Sexual behavioren
dc.subject.lcshWomen television news anchors -- Rating ofen
dc.subject.lcshTelevision viewersen
dc.titleSexual cues emanating from the Anchorette chair : implications for perceived professionalism, fitness for beat, and memory for newsen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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