More Than Just a Pretty Face? Dataset

This study explores the use of Twitter and Instagram by fashion models and the extent to which social media use is empowering for these individuals. The dataset consists of tweets, Instagram posts and photographs of eight different models; a content analysis was carried out on this information. Building off of Erving Goffman's work on Gender Advertisements, the prevalence of visually subordinating cues such as the feminine touch, relative size, aversion, and the ritualization of subordination was examined. The thesis for this project is: Female fashion models' social media profiles are a careful blend of agency and constraint.

本研究探讨了时尚模特对推特（Twitter）与Instagram的使用情况，以及社交媒体使用对该群体的赋权程度。本数据集包含8位不同时尚模特的推文、Instagram帖文及相关照片，研究人员针对上述信息开展了内容分析。本研究依托欧文·戈夫曼（Erving Goffman）《性别广告》（Gender Advertisements）的研究框架，对女性化接触、相对体型、回避姿态以及从属行为仪式化等视觉性从属线索的普遍程度展开了考察。本项目的核心论点为：女性时尚模特的社交媒体个人主页，是主体性与约束性的精心融合。