Hello, and thank you for taking the time to view my page! Here you will find my Project 2 audio recording, script, and works cited page. By either viewing my script or by listening to my recording, you will gain insight into how social media both positively and negatively affects gender eqaulity. Starting with how social media impacts the way that men and women are both seen, to the opportunities that women have gained because of social media, I will present studies done by professionals who have devoted their careers to studying gender inequality specifically within social media. The majority of the arguements that I present are how social media has closed the gender gap by allowing for greater oppurtunies for women. I will include that research and also the research that suggests that social media has created opportunities but also proposes a risk to some women.
Works cited:
Blake, Khandis R., et al. “Income Inequality Not Gender Inequality Positively Covaries with Female Sexualization on Social Media.” PNAS, National Academy of Sciences, 28 Aug. 2018,
Evans, Mark, et al. “ SOCIAL ATTITUDES TO GENDER EQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA.” 5050 Foundation , 2017, www.5050foundation.edu.au/assets/reports/documents/From-Girls-to-Men.pdf.
Garcia, David, et al. “Analyzing Gender Inequality through Large-Scale Facebook Advertising Data.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115, no. 27, 2018, pp. 6958–6963., doi:10.1073/pnas.1717781115.
Hogue, Jacqueline V., and Mills, Jennifer S. “The Effects of Active Social Media Engagement with Peers on Body Image in Young Women.” Body Image, Elsevier, 12 Nov. 2018, reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S174014451730517X?token=ACB4AC3696BE8189C935233AEE5505B486ACE45EF6D2A4F746D23F198EA5CAA9B4B8BF5A397F8AF47E0E039205ACAE10.
Loiseau, Estelle, and Keiko Nowacka. “Can Social Media Effectively Include Women’s Voices in Decision-Making Processes.” OECD Development Centre, Mar. 2015, www.oecd.org/dev/development-gender/DEV_socialmedia-issuespaper-March2015.pdf.
Marwick , Alice. “Gender, Sexuality, and Social Media.” The Social Media Handbook, Routledge , New York , NY, 2014, pp. 59–67.
Perloff, Richard M. Social Media Effects On Young Women, 29 May 2014, Perloff2014_Article_SocialMediaEffectsOnYoungWomen.pdf.
“Social Media.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20media.