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contributor authorPerryman, Nyssa
contributor authorTheiss, Sandra
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:44:28Z
date available2017-06-09T16:44:28Z
date copyright2014/03/01
date issued2013
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-73289.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4215386
description abstractrently in the broadcasting meteorology field have dealt with?and continue to deal with?restrictive stereotypes based on the public's perception of their physical appearance and intelligence, largely stemming from the ?weather girl? stereotype developed in the 1950s. This sexist stereotype is best seen and often exaggerated in cinematic films and television shows; however, the public's ability to distinguish the truthful and fictitious aspects of these stereotypes is important because these stereotypes limit the level of trust established between female weathercasters and viewers while consequently impeding the public response to dangerous weather situations. This study will evaluate the origin of the weather girl stereotype associated with female broadcast meteorologists throughout history and use this information to further understand the representation of women weathercasters in several films and television episodes, in order to determine if the weather girl stereotype is further perpetrated in popular cultural media. The study found that these films and episodes actually serve to diminish the role of female weathercasters by reducing them to nothing more than a weather girl.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
title“Weather Girls” on the Big Screen: Stereotypes, Sex Appeal, and Science
typeJournal Paper
journal volume95
journal issue3
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00079.1
journal fristpage347
journal lastpage356
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2013:;volume( 095 ):;issue: 003
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