Abstract

빠르게 성장하는 니치 시장으로 게이 소비자들의 인기도는 계속 높아짐에도 불구하고 소비자의 성별, 인종, 성적 이미지에 대한 광고 콘텐츠를 분석한 연구들과 비교할 때, 게이 소비자에 대한 학문적 관심은 거의 전무한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 잡지 광고들을 비교함으로써 서로 다른 세 가지 남성 표적들(메트로섹슈얼, 호모섹슈얼, 레트로섹슈얼)을 겨냥한 광고들을 분석하고자 한다. 그를 위하여 GQ, Out, Maxim이라는 대표적인 남성 잡지들을 선정하여 제품별(제품군, 가격, 명품)과 모델 효과(기본정보, 섹슈얼리티, 사회적 위치, 남성성)에 따라 광고 콘텐츠들을 분석하였다. 연구 결과, GQ와 Out은 Maxim보다 더 고가의 명품 브랜드들의 광고들을 게재하였으며 남성을 더 성적으로 묘사하는 것으로 나타났다. Despite the growing popularity of gay consumers as a fetching niche market, there has been little academic attention paid to the homosexual themes in print media, especially compared to research on gender, race, and sex imagery in ads. The present study aims to fill this void by examining advertisements with three different target audiences(homosexual, metrosexual, retrosexual consumer) through a comparative analysis of contemporary magazine advertisements. In this present study, we analyzed ads in three leading men's magazines (Out, GQ, and Maxim). Product (product category, price, and luxury brand) and human model (basic descriptions, sexuality, status, and masculinity) characteristics in ads were analyzed as the variables signifying the degrees of gay themes in ads across three magazines. The results showed that more expensive luxury brands were placed in GQ and Out than Maxim, and more male models were under-sexualized in Maxim than GQ and Out.

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