courswork question and opening paragraph (DRAFT)

To what extent are young women such as Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift over sexualised in the music industry today?

The representation of young women differs in different areas of the media, but is rapidly changing. Young women from the ages of 18-25 in the music industry are becoming increasingly sexualised within their material and music videos being produced; using theories such as Mulvey's 'the male gaze’, of which I will be exploring. More young artists are launching provocative and sexy videos into the media, which are being exposed to the public, and creating a new representation of themselves, which young girls may look up to. I am going to be analysing two music video’s of current artists Miley Cyrus – who as an ex-disney star has a fan basis of younger and teenage girls - and Taylor Swift – who is seen as the ‘good girl’ in the music insustry - that represent young women in two very different ways. I am going to be analysing Miley cyrus' music video 'we can't stop' from her album Bangerz and Taylor Swifts music video 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' from her album 22.

- cultivation theory (the more that you see the more that you want)