Rainbow nation, rainbow advertising? Racial diversity of female portrayals in South African television commercials

dc.contributor.authorMaree, Tania
dc.contributor.authorJordaan, Yolanda
dc.contributor.emailtania.maree@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-08T05:07:16Z
dc.date.available2016-08-08T05:07:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines female portrayals in South African television commercials, with a focus on roles and race. Advertising portrayals are generally considered reflective of the gender and racial diversity of a nation; and should therefore represent the target audience. In a country that features historical racial inequalities, the realignment of proportional racial representation is important. The study content analysed 245 unduplicated television commercials that featured women. Women were most frequently portrayed as product users; and they featured most often in personal care-product advertising. Contrary to the social diversity of the people of South Africa, the racial representation in the analysed commercials was over-representative in terms of the minority White racial group. Advertisers need to realign the representation of the different racial groups in television commercials, since a large and lucrative market segment could well be alienated by the current misrepresentation of racial diversity in these commercials.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMarketing Managementen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_genbeh.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMaree, T & Jordaan, Y 2016, 'Rainbow nation, rainbow advertising? Racial diversity of female portrayals in South African television commercials', Gender and Behaviour, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 6814-6825.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1596-9231
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56232
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherIFE Center for Psychological Studiesen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 Ife Centre for Psychological Studies/Services, Ile-Ife, Nigeriaen_ZA
dc.subjectCommercialsen_ZA
dc.subjectRaceen_ZA
dc.subjectRolesen_ZA
dc.subjectTelevisionen_ZA
dc.subjectWomenen_ZA
dc.titleRainbow nation, rainbow advertising? Racial diversity of female portrayals in South African television commercialsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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