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Body image and beauty standards have changed drastically over the years. By establishing impossible standards of beauty and bodily perfection, the media drives people tobe dissatisfied with their bodies. This dissatisfaction can result in disorders of behavior as people try to achieve unreachable goals with unhealthy

The media can have both positive and negative effects on anyone especially teenage girls. I personally think one of the problems with the media is the unrealistic images that they put out there. They put these images out there and make it seem like if you don’t look like this you wont be happy, successful, or accepted by anyone. Duke University statistic says “40% of all 9 and 10-year-old girls have already been on a diet”. This is a huge problem today and a problem that is just going to continue to get worse. Many people don’t understand or know just what effects the media has on teenage girls. I hope you can see what it does to their body image, problems they get from it and the eating disorders they could possibly

Society is heavily influenced by what is portrayed in the media. The documentary, 13th, talked about the inaccurate stereotype surrounding African Americans, specifically men, in the CJ system. A large portion talked about the “crack down” on crime, specifically the War on Drugs, which became a major part of pop culture. Because of this, black men getting arrested was constantly shown on the news, causing an overrepresentation. The media coverage led to people of color being portrayed as animals, which lead to misplaced fear across the nation. An infamous term used by the media was “super predator”. This term was effective in instilling fear of people of color in much of the nation. “Super predator” painted a picture of a kid who had

Media can influence a nation and thus can shape the opinions of the masses. Film and television has the responsibility to provide adequate representation of racial minorities. It has the power to have a great impact on the lives of many children of colour and can shape society. There is already huge issues with representation in the media such as prevalent whitewashing and the normalisation of Caucasians. However, there is a multitude of methods to achieve the desired representation that can change opinions and affect present day culture.

Although difficult to point fingers at a single source for the reason eating disorders exist, it can be said that media, specifically, does have a negative influence on the amount of confidence in one’s self-image. On the other hand, media is not the only one to blame and therefore, media should not be overlooked, but other sources have proven guilty as well such as genetics, environment, and culture. With altered images being presented in formats of media such as magazines, commercials and social media, many teens find themselves pressured to look the same. Society has placed a standard of what a “beautiful” body looks like giving teens the idea that in order to be beautiful they must look like that too. This however, is a misconception as

The pressure on girls to have ‘perfect’ bodies has grown increasingly over time. Media exposure such as social media, billboards, magazines, television, all represent images of tall, skinny models that resemble perfection. And what exactly is perfection? “A quality, trait, or feature of ­­­the highest degree of excellence.” This is what many young women and teenagers aspire to be. What most people still don’t realize is that the majority of the pictures that they see in magazines are altered in some way. It is a setup for self-hatred. They believe that the pictures are reflective of the real world. NCBI conducted a study of the relationship between media and eating disorders among undergraduate college students found that media exposure predicted

When someone looks at the new generation, eating disorders, self-harm, and other issues are recognized as things affecting the body; all of these things are becoming more prevalent. A large body of research proves the idea that altering photographs causes eating disorders. The “exposure to thin models results in greater body focused anxiety” (Halliwell). Girls and boys are feeling the need to match the flawless, thin stranger in the snapshot. The anxiety initiated in an adolescent’s life from not meeting the standards of the ideal person in a picture provided by the media causes one to do these horrendous things to the body. Young teens have a negative body image. Girls are being trained to obsess over their weight and appearance not their grades, family, or worth, which are more important. The teenagers do not understand “the gulf between image and reality” that the media generates, which is hurting them mentally and physically (Grundberg 36). The people presented in the photos are expectations, but the reality is that teenagers will never be as thin as a twig, will never have perfect airbrushed skin, and will never have the exact body type one longs for. The precious body one has may never provide enough satisfaction in

The media has a significant influence on our point of view, especially on teenagers who are still forming their values. Can you see the real you in the mirror? Body image is based on the definition of beauty. However, it used to be twisted by media. In the past, we were told to lose weight to fit in whether it is healthy or not. When you turned on TVs or opened magazines, all you could see was skinny girls wearing skinny jeans. Thus, you stopped eating donuts and went on a diet only because you felt ashamed which is entirely unnecessary. Pursuing unrealistic thinness was exactly why eating disorders increased. Nonetheless, something has changed. We have replaced “skinny” with “fitness” and take health more serious. In fact, there is a standard

Thanks Dee for responding! I am ecstatic to hear that you learned something from the PowerPoint! I have a varying opinion to yours when it comes to the media's portrayal of the Islamic faith and Muslim people. Unlike you I watch a variety of media outlets including those focused on pop culture to those that tackle pressing issues. I have noticed that all outlets have a tendency to misrepresent members of particular race or ethnicity, often to enhance the sensationalism of the story. However, more responsible media outlets will be sure to clearly differentiate the actual story from the race or ethnicity of the perpetrator making the source more reputable. Generalizations are something that we as a nation are notorious for. All .. this or All..

The society that we live in today glamorizes the idea of the ideal thin body. Diets and fads become a new way of life in order to achieve an unrealistic goal of perfection. In today’s culture children and teens are spoon-fed ideas through social media, advertisement, magazines that lead to the development of low self-esteem and a negative body image. The media shows a false reality, a reality where beauty is everything and happiness comes from the perfect body. The perception of beauty to young women can be skewed and impacted greatly.

Body image issues arise in adolescents and can sometimes continue well into adulthood. The culprit behind these various issues are from media sources such as magazines, websites, television, and ads. These variety of sources are simply marketing schemes that attempt to sell products by showing physical attributes that are deemed attractive and desirable. However, children and teenagers do not realize this and often assume that they are not attractive. Eventually, they develop a negative image about their body which have unpleasant consequences.

We all want to have a skinny, toned, tanned, perfect body. A ‘perfect body’ being created by the media and fashion industry. Frederique van der Wa, a former Victoria's Secret model, even says that the runway models today have an “unnatural thinness” and that it is not a good message to sent to “young, impressionable women.” Each year a new image of a perfect body is released and the models keep getting skinnier. This makes young women develop eating disorders. Seeing the unnaturally skinny models gives them the idea that ‘this is what we are supposed to look like.’ The media and fashion industry does contribute to eating disorders in youth and the thought of a perfect body image.

The standards of beauty never stay the same and have changed over time from one end of the spectrum to the other. With the dramatic changes in what is considered physically attractive, it understandable how it is impossible to reach the goals presented by the media. Now, females are influenced by the growing disparities in the actual body weight compared to the portrayed weight of models, celebrities, and actors to be rail-thin. Girls are raised to focus on their appearance as an indication of their worthiness and the media feeds on this vulnerability. With all the focus on appearance instead of other abilities, girls develop low self-esteem and have an increased of psychiatric disorders, including eating disorders. “[W]e have a lot to learn

Early interpreting of these images predicts the start of a never-ending struggle with identity and self-image. Unsurprisingly, girls adopt unhealthy self-images especially with the prevalence of mass media messages in early developmental stages: “Between the ages of eight and eighteen spend more than 10 hours a day using media, including more than four hours with television content delivered in a variety of formats and almost 1.5 hours on the Internet” (McGladrey). This early exposure leads to later, lasting issues. Most shocking, media pressure can lead to premature feelings of despair before adolescence: “The early girls’ coping mechanisms for dealing with these body-related pressures are diverse but almost universally self-destructive. Rates of depression markedly increase during adolescence, with twice as many girls displaying depressive symptoms as boys by the age of fifteen” (Hankin et al. as cited in McGladrey). When a female feels as if her appearance does not match that of the media norm, she struggles with her image. A factor most do not take into account, the accurateness of traits commonly associated with beauty, can also be the downfall of overly accepting women. Especially

A girl stares at herself in the mirror, skin and bones. She obsesses about her appearance and monitors how much she eats to be accepted by society, but still feels unworthy. As teenagers develop, their bodies change. Media strongly affects these physical and emotional changes. Girls become uneasy as they learn that they cannot actually achieve the look that society views as perfect. Since media outlets consist of impractical body standards, adolescent girls are at a higher risk of undergoing detrimental changes to their body shape and developing a hostile self-image.