Media Influence On Body Image
Medias Influence on Body Image
Media has become majority of the populations every day routine, it is easy to access because it is everywhere, television, magazines, newspapers, telemarketing, billboards, and the one of fastest growing source the Internet. In the hyper era of technology we are currently in, year by year it is easier to deliver effectively a message to another person. With these advancements comes not just communication of basic needs but also more and more advertising. Some of the messages the media carries may influence people in nearly every decision they make. Some may say that this is not necessarily true and that people have the will power to decide for themselves. And this may all depend on the point of view. Are you …show more content…
7). Images of female bodies are everywhere. You are able to see it when you open a magazine and images of thin and popular woman are used to sell products. Popular film actresses, musicians and television actors are being casted younger, taller and thinner. Some of these popular entertainers have been reportedly know to faint constantly on the job (set) or on stage from lack of proper health management and food intake, for example over publicized entertainer and current pop sensation Lady Gaga fainted from lack of food intake while on tour in Melbourne Australia this past summer, she has been under much scrutiny for her recently launched unauthorized biography that claims she is suffering from multiple mental conditions and eating disorders. Lady Gaga’s fan base is majorly young girls between the ages of nine to 24 years old. In most women’s magazines (Cosmopolitan, Elle, Allure, Glamour, Latina etc.) often publish full articles urging young women that to lose weight, making them more desirable only if they can drop off those last fifth teen life stopping pounds, promising that with the weight lost they will have it all, loving children, the perfect marriage, a rewarding career and a great sex life. In recent studies on media’s influence on body image, researchers found in leading women’s magazines have a little over ten and one half more advertisements promoting and facilitating weight-loss measures than leading men’s magazines do, almost three quarters of these magazines include at least one content on how to obtain the ideal body by suggesting diets, exercise and even the practice of cosmetic surgery. With such pressure from every possible media outlet the amount of young girl with eating disorder is at an alarming rate. Reaves, Bush, and Yun (2004)In a study conducted by The American research group Anorexia
Media has become majority of the populations every day routine, it is easy to access because it is everywhere, television, magazines, newspapers, telemarketing, billboards, and the one of fastest growing source the Internet. In the hyper era of technology we are currently in, year by year it is easier to deliver effectively a message to another person. With these advancements comes not just communication of basic needs but also more and more advertising. Some of the messages the media carries may influence people in nearly every decision they make. Some may say that this is not necessarily true and that people have the will power to decide for themselves. And this may all depend on the point of view. Are you …show more content…
7). Images of female bodies are everywhere. You are able to see it when you open a magazine and images of thin and popular woman are used to sell products. Popular film actresses, musicians and television actors are being casted younger, taller and thinner. Some of these popular entertainers have been reportedly know to faint constantly on the job (set) or on stage from lack of proper health management and food intake, for example over publicized entertainer and current pop sensation Lady Gaga fainted from lack of food intake while on tour in Melbourne Australia this past summer, she has been under much scrutiny for her recently launched unauthorized biography that claims she is suffering from multiple mental conditions and eating disorders. Lady Gaga’s fan base is majorly young girls between the ages of nine to 24 years old. In most women’s magazines (Cosmopolitan, Elle, Allure, Glamour, Latina etc.) often publish full articles urging young women that to lose weight, making them more desirable only if they can drop off those last fifth teen life stopping pounds, promising that with the weight lost they will have it all, loving children, the perfect marriage, a rewarding career and a great sex life. In recent studies on media’s influence on body image, researchers found in leading women’s magazines have a little over ten and one half more advertisements promoting and facilitating weight-loss measures than leading men’s magazines do, almost three quarters of these magazines include at least one content on how to obtain the ideal body by suggesting diets, exercise and even the practice of cosmetic surgery. With such pressure from every possible media outlet the amount of young girl with eating disorder is at an alarming rate. Reaves, Bush, and Yun (2004)In a study conducted by The American research group Anorexia