Advertising Gender - Using Computer Vision to Trace Gender Displays in Historical Advertisements, 1920-1990

Melvin Wevers, Thomas Smits

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Abstract

This study applies computer vision techniques to examine the representation of gender in historical advertisements. Using information on the relative size, position, and gaze of men and women in thousands of images, we chart gender displays in Dutch newspaper adverts between 1920 and 1990.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDH 2019: Proceedings of the Digital Humanities Conference 2019
Publication statusPublished - 09 Jul 2019

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