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Nudity on British TV

Part 3 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In this last part, we continue look at society’s view of nudity through the lens of mass media. We review three televisions shows from the U.K.

Links to items mentioned in the show:

Dawn Gets Naked (BBC)
Naked Office (Virgin)
Naked Britain (Sky1)
Going Natural Magazine (free online preview)
Grey Advertising

Episode XV

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Part 2 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In the second part, we discuss Gymnophobia, the fear of nudity and how it impacts our view of the human body. As in part 1, we look at society’s view of nudity through the lens of mass media. In particular, we review and critique a BBC show called What’s the problem with nudity?

Links to items mentioned in the show:

Texas Tech University Psychology Podcast
Oprah’s Step Out of Your Box challenge
BBC Horizon’s What’s the Problem with Nudity? You can buy a legal copy here for educational use only. It comes licensed for use in a classroom and, as such, costs £195! You can also download it for free from here. It’s up to you to decide how legal that is.
Seattle Times article on nudity and decontamination also available here and here.
Doff-it® Personal Privacy Kit. As the company says, it is “designed to reduce victim objections to decontamination.” Yes, some people would rather risk death than be nude in front of others. If that’s not illustrative of a phobia, what is?

Episode XIV

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Nudity and the Human Body

Part 1 of 3 on nudity and the human body. In this first show, we discuss society’s attitude towards the human body and how we deal with being nude. How mass media deals with people who are naked is reflective of our own attitudes. But mass media also amplifies our fears, issues and anxieties thereby making them worse. We look at two television shows. First that cultural touchstone that was Seinfeld and, secondly, a current reality-TV show called Dr. 90210.

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Episode XIII

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