Women_On_Mtv

Women On Mtv “As cable television expanded, it brought explicitly sexual depictions to American television” (Coran and Hanks, 1986, p.43) along with MTV. “When MTV started up in 1981, its success was almost instantaneous” (Aufderheide, 1986, p.60). “The most important and pervasive outlet for rock videos is Music Television” (Kalis and Neuendorf, 1989, p.148). Music television (MTV) is a twenty-four hour service devoted to bringing you around the clock music entertainment. MTV is more than just videos, it is also a way of expressing a world with no limitations and little concern to how it may affect its viewing audience. It is home to where the First Amendment and our right to freedom of expression are practiced constantly. What ever happened to equality and women’s rights' It seems as though women have taken a step back to get ahead within the music industry. During the MTV Video Music Awards this past September, singer Britney Spears did a live performance in which she sang her rendition of The Rolling Stones’ hit, “Satisfaction” only to strip down to a barely-there outfit to perform her latest hit. Her outfit at first glance appeared to be non-existent, but a closer look revealed that it was a nude women, videos, music, mtv, television, young, sex, about, way, one, image, girls, female, portrayed, themselves, people, manner, adolescents, viewers, very, role, often, money, men, look, industry, found, commercials, ads, world, shown, should, sexual, roles, rated, less