Sexual cues emanating from the anchorette chair : implications for perceived professionalism, fitness for beat, and memory for news

• Main Authors: Grabe, Maria Elizabeth, Samson, Lelia
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100652; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19580
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The experimental study reported here employed one of the most compelling visual cues of female sexual attractiveness (low waist-to-hip ratio) to test the influence of news anchor sexualization on audience evaluations of her as a professional and their memory for the news that she presents. Male part...