Body Image

Media plays a significant role and known as the most formidable means of communication in our lives in 21st century. Media images contribute to the socialization of young people across a board range of areas, particularly those in which the viewer has relatively limited real-world experience (Huston et al., 1992). Nowadays, most of the people will get their information through the mass media that they can get if easily which are from the internet, electronic devises, for an example television and mobile phones, books and magazines or newspaper. With all of these mass media, we could know what is happening around the whole world. None of the people would deny that the fact of the power of the medias have totally influenced our lifestyle, approach
Television can be used for educational purposes in an effective manner (Lad, 2011). Nowadays, programs that television provided are more trend to educational for enhance the learning skills of all the children and youth but except the educational programs, most of the programs had bring a major negative influence to the youth such as youth are more consciousness about their body image. What is body image? Body image defined as a person’s realization, conception and feeling about their own body regardless of he or she. In 2003, Ricciardelli and McCabe reported parents, peers, and media take part in shaping body image and body changes for both girls and boys. (Hammond, 2005). Girl in 21st century are more conscious about their weight on younger age.In a survey conducted by the Teen People Magazine, 27% of the girls pressured by the media that made them think that they must have a perfect body. Because of that, they will follow the artist or model’s fashion that appear on the television programs or advertisement.A 1996 poll conducted by Saatchi and Saatchi discover that advertisement that shown on television made women feel unattractive and old. By the time a youth is 17 years old, they have already received more than 250,000 ads information through the media. Most of the women that can be seen often in the media, especially models and
According to Zimring (1981) during the teen years, we trait by what has long been called group offending. No matter what crime had teen commit, they usually not committing the offense alone but as a group. The setting of the offenses exist for the adolescents is to illicit peers as witnesses and collaborator. Youth or teenagers might follow the artist inside the television programs as they are doing stuff that may harm themselves or peoples around them. They might learn the attitudes of overbearing and anti-social conduct. Parents must advise all of the youth that the action in the movie are just for shown but not to follow. If not, they will think that it is the correct way to learn from the actor and become less sensitive to the violence in the real world. Besides, media may develop a fear of becoming a victim of violence to the youth. In prevalent media, especially in television programs, words of expressing disrespect towards girls and woman are frequently used. Television programs that contain violent images may let the youth think that are real and they might be traumatized by viewing those violent images. Media violence fails to let the audience know the aftermath of the violence often, especially cartoons, toy commercials and some music videos. Not only that, many television programs had send the wrong message to the