Media Affecting Young Girls

When you get home at night from a long day of school or work, you sit down and turn on the television and you cycle through the stations trying to find ¡§THE SHOW¡¨ to watch. As you cycle through you witness something that you may not realize effect millions of people around the world. The problem isn¡¦t having trouble finding something suited to your liking and the mood you are in¡Kbut the problem that I am going to describe effects guys and girls all over the world. It¡¦s not watching MTV¡¦s Real World or Grey¡¦s Anatomy, but it¡¦s the image that their characters portray.
How does the media portray the characters of your favorite television show? When you take a closer look at how the media portrays the famous you start to see a definite
Purchasing such products is thought to being steps to reaching the perfect body. These products are mostly directed at young girls trying to impose the idea if they use this expensive products they will become this perfect model and life will be perfect. Being at such a young age it makes them vulnerable to the influences of the media (Blackwell science). It¡¦s not just being an adolescent girl that is affected by the Medias perception. It can be your brother or sister that thinks she isn¡¦t pretty enough, is too fat, or starts to think that they are ashamed of themselves because of the way they look, and the primary reason is the media.
In conclusion, the article describes how young America is obsessed with the perfect personal image and many will do whatever it takes to get to that point, plastic surgery, extreme dieting, or falling into a eating disorder that is hard to come out of. If the media would just show the ¡§norm¡¨ more often and promote being healthier there would be less eating disorders caused from watching main stream television and the self ¡Vesteem of the viewers would