To what extent does Cosmopolitan offer a range of diverse images for women?
Look at the covers from the first four months of 2017.
Focus on:
Read an extract from the conclusion of David Gauntlett’s book “Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction”
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“In contrast with the past - or the modern popular view of the past - we no longer get singular, straightforward messages about ideal types of male and female identities (although certain groups of features are clearly promoted as more desirable than others). Instead, popular culture offers a range of stars, icons and characters from whom we can acceptably borrow bits and pieces of their public persona for use in our own.”
To what extent does Gauntlett’s statement hold true then for Cosmopolitan?
How does this compare to the historical magazine you have studied?