Media’s influence on body image
Introduction
The media and body image advertisement are two close concepts specifically; the body image advertising displays affects our body image. Despite other elements like parenting, education, intimate relationship influencing body image, media has the greatest impact. According to Diedrichs, (2012) Americans spends 250billion hours watching TV annually. Also, advertising occupies 30 % of all television airtime. Normal child watches 20,000 televisions commercial annually. In the print media, some magazines are filled with ads. In addition, social media has the highest of users compared to any other media globally. Anything seen for many hours influence us. As a result, media and body images are closely interrelated due to the numerous image we see in the media.
Wykes, M., & Gunter, B. (2015). The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. doi:10.4135/9781446215395
This article fits in the research topic because it covers the influence of advertisement in girls’ looks. It pinpoints that girls who like magazines, TVs are more likely to change and look like the persons in the magazines.
The article further discusses that the available applications have made it easy for persons to edit photos. This includes clearing blemishes, whitening of teeth, even to shaving off few pounds. For some users especially ladies, there is real problem in their body image. Additionally, this article postulates that notable percentage of people are changing their body images to match the ones in the media (Wykes & Gunter, 2015).
Levine, M. (2012). Media Influences on Female Body Image. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 540-546. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00085-7
As the title alludes, the article perfectly fits in this topic. This is because it covers how the female body image has been significantly influenced by the media. Also, it addresses how the females’ models have altered their body image. It provides an example where normal American woman is 5feet and 4inches and 166 pounds .In disparity, most model women are 5 feet and 11 inches in the media. The major question is how this disparity emerges. According to an interview conducted the major factor that influences this changes is the social media. This different stature and size is seen in the social media (Levine, 2012) .
Tiggemann, M. (2014). The Status of Media Effects on Body Image Research: Commentary on Articles in the Themed Issue on Body Image and Media. Media Psychology, 17(2), 127-133. doi:10.1080/15213269.2014.891822
This article is relevant as it pinpoints the media effects on body image. Again, it covers the how media has influenced the persons in different ways. One of the most notable topic covered in the article is the how girls in Fiji are affected by media. One survey in Fiji has shown that one in every ten girls have reported to have vomited to lose weight. Also, they reported that three quarter of the girls accepted that watching American television shows has made them weight conscious (Tiggemann, 2014).
Diedrichs, P. (2012). Media Influences on Male Body Image. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 547-553. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00086-9
This article is relevant because it also focus on numerous ways which media has influenced body image in the recent past. It allude that 7-12 aged girls of Europeans and Africans are the mainly affected by the body image and media. The article postulates that most 12 year old are on diet because they believe that weight determines ones worth (Diedrichs, 2012).
Piran, N., & Mafrici, N. (2012). Preventing Body Image Problems. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 674-679. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00107-3
This article fits in the research topic because it covers how to prevent body image problems that are influenced by the media. The article allude that media literacy programs are the best suited concept to tackle this problem. It involves making persons understand and promote effects of the social media. It also reveals the messages and ideologies hidden in the media images (Piran & Mafrici, 2012).
Literature review
There are numerous ways in which one can identify that the media has influenced them. One is evidence of change in dressing, talking, walking, and facial looks. These are the major symptoms that signify that one is influenced media. Also, spending a lot of time in the print media like magazines, social media, and television is another way to identify to identify the influence (Piran & Mafrici, 2012).
The major statistics on this topic are as follows; 40 % of girls aged 9 to 12 have tried to lose weight in the US. Also, 10 year old girls and boys are unhappy with their body after watching videos from friends. Additionally, the amount of time spent watching soaps, movies and music is related with body dissatisfaction and wish to be slender. Another study shows that at age of 13 53% of the American girls are unhappy with their bodies. This figure rises to 78%when they reach 17.The major factors that result to this is watching movies, soaps and music. Also, spending a lot of time in the media (Piran & Mafrici, 2012).
3A
In order to achieve the best results in this research, I used simple random sampling whereby every respondent had a chance to be selected in response. This is due to its easy way to assemble sample. Also, it is a fair way to select sample from the provided population. The major ethical issues considered at this point is making the respondent anonymous and parent were consulted before interviewing children (Piran & Mafrici, 2012).
References
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Ferguson, C. J., Muñoz, M. E., Garza, A., & Galindo, M. (2014). Concurrent and prospective analyses of peer, television and social media influences on body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms and life satisfaction in adolescent girls. Journal of youth and adolescence, 43(1), 1-14.
Meier, E. P., & Gray, J. (2014). Facebook photo activity associated with body image disturbance in adolescent girls. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17(4), 199-206.
Perloff, R. M. (2014). Social media effects on young women’s body image concern: Theoretical perspectives and an agenda for research. Sex Roles, 71(11-12), 363-377.
Tiggemann, M., & Slater, A. (2014). between: The Internet and body image concerns in preteen age girls. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 34(5), 606-620.
Diedrichs, P. (2012). Media Influences on Male Body Image. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 547-553. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00086-9
Levine, M. (2012). Media Influences on Female Body Image. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 540-546. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00085-7
Piran, N., & Mafrici, N. (2012). Preventing Body Image Problems. Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance, 674-679. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-384925-0.00107-3
Tiggemann, M. (2014). The Status of Media Effects on Body Image Research: Commentary on Articles in the Themed Issue on Body Image and Media. Media Psychology, 17(2), 127-133. doi:10.1080/15213269.2014.891822
Wykes, M., & Gunter, B. (2015). The media and body image: If looks could kill. London: SAGE.
Wykes, M., & Gunter, B. (2015). The Media and Body Image: If Looks Could Kill. doi:10.4135/9781446215395
Girls in Fiji have become more weight-conscious since becoming exposed to North American television shows, research has shown
