This week I will be evaluating different sources regarding
the body image of superheroes. Your job? Guess which kinds of sources I’ll be
evaluating. It’s simple, I will evaluate and summarize three sources and all
you have to do is guess whether it’s a scholarly source or a web source.
Source
#1: Medical Daily: “Holy Psychology,
Batman! Fan’s Body Image Improved by Superheroes”
This
source regards the superhero fandom and their views on body image. In “Holy
Psychology, Batman! Fan’s Body Image Improved by Superheroes”, Makini Brice
explains that fans of superheroes feel stronger and more physically fit
compared to others that are not a part of that fandom. The title of this source
is very relevant to the meaning of the source. It is clear to see in the title
the body image of superheroes in not negatively discussed like most sources
regarding this topic. It is also a very current source and relevant to a very
important problem in today’s society. This source however is not very dense and
fairly short lengthwise. The author does not show signs of religious or
political bias; however, it seems the author is in favor of superheroes.
Although, the author does introduce counterarguments about how superheroes make
some insecure about their bodies and uses specific quotes. The author’s name is
located where the title is making it easy to know who wrote this source;
although, I have not heard about this author prior to this post. This source
was also published in a medical source document.
Reliable source: Yes
Source
#2: Project Muse: “The Hawkeye
Initiative: Pinning Down Transformative Feminisms in Comic-Book Culture through
Superhero Crossplay Fan Art”
This
source also regards superheroes and their body image along with several issues
of feminism. This source was published in a larger source for librarians and
publishers. The author’s name is again located with the title of the source;
however, the publishing date is not as easy to find. It is a very extensive
source with several illustrations to reinforce the arguments being made. There
are also various quotes used to in each paragraph that are cited with the
correct annotation and works cited; although it seems the author seems to be
interpreting and summarizing the work of others to form the author’s argument. The author refers to various footnotes.
Reliable source: Yes
Source
#3: ESPN Go: “The Body Issue: Super
Heroes Edition”
Following
the topic of this blog, this source is also aimed toward superhero and body
image. This source is a little different from the pervious source because of
the fact this source’s focus is on image. Although all three sources regard the
image of superheroes, this specific one actually uses images instead of words
to inform their reader. This source is complied of different illustrations from
different artist of different superheroes with a small quote from each artist.
This means there is no real author of this source and the date of the source is
no located in the source. This
source only contains about 10 images with 10 quotes making it a not a very
extensive source. The author of the source does not have any political or
religious bias; however, they are associated with a very well known source of
media. There does seem to be a bias in favor of superheroes with a muscular physique.
The title does however relate directly to the topic and what this source is
trying to argue.
Reliable source: No
Answers:
Source #1- Web
Source #2- Scholarly
Source #3- Web
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