Analyzing Racial Diversity in the Fashion Industry
Presentation Type
Research Study
Release Option
Event
Description
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Abstract
This analysis will focus on analyzing racial diversity in the fashion industry Recently there has been an ongoing debate on whether the fashion industry is diverse. The industry includes models, photographers, designers, casting agents and more. Racial diversity in the fashion industry will be deeper explained in the literature review section. The literature review will begin with appropriately explicating constructs like diversity, social media, and the fashion industry. The review will move into an explanation and definition of framing and the critical theory . The research paper will look to analyze if racial diversity can influence the social media of a fashion brand and if racial diversity can encourage change in the fashion industry. The research questions data from this analysis will be discussed in the methods section. By analyzing randomly sampled social media posts from a fashion brand, the data will then be connected to the paper’s topic, racial diversity in the fashion industry. The results of the data will be able to answer if fashion brands use framing to show a certain type of race to prove that there are diverse social media wise. The research paper will then make the argument that there is a lack of racial diversity within the fashion industry.
Creative Commons License
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Faculty Mentor
Lauren Bayless
Department of Primary Presenter's Major
Department of Communication Arts
Location
Room 1012
Symposium Year
2023
Analyzing Racial Diversity in the Fashion Industry
Room 1012
This analysis will focus on analyzing racial diversity in the fashion industry Recently there has been an ongoing debate on whether the fashion industry is diverse. The industry includes models, photographers, designers, casting agents and more. Racial diversity in the fashion industry will be deeper explained in the literature review section. The literature review will begin with appropriately explicating constructs like diversity, social media, and the fashion industry. The review will move into an explanation and definition of framing and the critical theory . The research paper will look to analyze if racial diversity can influence the social media of a fashion brand and if racial diversity can encourage change in the fashion industry. The research questions data from this analysis will be discussed in the methods section. By analyzing randomly sampled social media posts from a fashion brand, the data will then be connected to the paper’s topic, racial diversity in the fashion industry. The results of the data will be able to answer if fashion brands use framing to show a certain type of race to prove that there are diverse social media wise. The research paper will then make the argument that there is a lack of racial diversity within the fashion industry.
