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The aim of this thesis is to explore what adolescents think about displaying the human body in different kinds of media. The theoretical part of this thesis is focused on describing the evolution of visual media with the emphasis on expanding opportunities of selecting and forming visuals when using modern technologies. We have also mentioned the effect of showing beauty and ugliness of human body in media on the perception of other people and the self-perception. In the empirical part of this work we have described the methodology of qualitative form of approach of our research, respectively collecting data using focus groups method. Special focus has been given to work with adolescent participants. We have also analysed the results of the research, which was made with elementary school pupils at the age of 13 or 14 years. The research was focused on the conception of beauty and ugliness of human body in medial presentations. Adolescent participants rated these visuals not only for their visual aspects, but they were also asked to assign some characteristics to the displayed persons and find the topics, which could be presented by this person to others. It was discovered that adolescents perceive the female beauty more stereotypically than the male amenity. They also emphasised decentness and... |
