Marika Tiggemann and Amy Slater, the authors of “NetGirls: The Internet, Facebook, and Body Image Concern in Adolescent Girls” and authors Beth Teresa Bell and Helga Dittmar of “Does Media Type Matter? The Role of Identification in Adolescent Girls’ Media Consumption and the Impact of Different Thin-Ideal Media on Body Image” discuss the detrimental affects the media has on the body image in adolescent girls. On one hand, Bell and Dittmar studied whether the type of media adolescent girls pay attention to affects their body image while Tiggemann and Slater on the other hand, studied how the media specifically social media and the internet affects the body image of adolescent girls. Due to the fact that one article studied how social network specifically affected negative body image in adolescent girls and the other article studied how the media in general affected how adolescent girls perceived themselves, they complement each other when read together. They prove to me more effective when read together through their strong introduction of their topic, usage of visuals such as graphs and charts, and positive use of tone.
The authors of both articles successfully introduce their topics to the audience which was detailed and informative to the audience such that there was no confusion or misunderstanding amongst the readers. Bell and Dittmar provide a more in-depth and detailed introduction due to the broad topic their research study encompasses. For instance, they provide explicit details about the different types of media and how each portrays a message. According to Bell and Dittmar, “magazines typically show still images of thin ideal, embedded articles about celebrities, diet, fitness, beauty and fashion. In contrast, musi...
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...ducing their topics in the introduction of the article and their excellent use of tone. The combination of both articles was effective in which the audience was able to get a bigger picture of how media affects the body image of adolescent girls. Each article shows a different aspect of it, hence when read together; the audience has an improved understanding of the topic.
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In recent years, sociologists, psychologists, and medical experts have gone to great lengths about the growing problem of body image. This literature review examines the sociological impact of media-induced body image on women, specifically women under the age of 18. Although most individuals make light of the ideal body image most will agree that today’s pop-culture is inherently hurting the youth by representing false images and unhealthy habits. The paper compares the media-induced ideal body image with significant role models of today’s youth and the surrounding historical icons of pop-culture while exploring various sociological perspectives surrounding this issue.
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As adolescents are more exposed to these types of magazines and headlines, so does the expectation of adolescents about other adolescents. Without magazines changing their topics and photos to provide adolescents with a well balanced understanding about body image will allow teenagers to become less acceptance of models appearance. This will not only be a help for adolescents to develop there own individuality and appearance. Our younger generation will suffer And when younger generation suffers, the future suffers.
Recently, a lot of controversy has been in the news about the increase in negative body image among women. This negative body image can lead to a number of different problems in individuals including low self-esteem, eating disorders, and depression. Some factors that can influence this increase in negative body image include age, gender peer influence, and family influence. One of the main factors that has been an influence on the way people view themselves is the media. According to Aubrey (2006), “a primary way that an objectifying culture is propagated is through the media” (p. 159). Everything from magazines, television, and celebrities can have an affect on the way people view themselves. The population that is most affected by this problem in our society is young women. Social comparison, which is when someone compares their own body to other’s bodies, is a common factor for thin-ideal internalization and dissatisfaction of their body (Bessenoff, 2006, p. 239).
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In this age, media is more pervasive than ever, with people constantly processing some form of entertainment, advertisement or information. In each of these outlets there exists an idealized standard of beauty, statistically shown to effect the consumer’s reflection of themselves. The common portrayal of women’s bodies in the media has shown to have a negative impact on women and girls. As the audience sees these images, an expectation is made of what is normal. This norm does not correspond to the realistic average of the audience. Failing to achieve this isolates the individual, and is particularly psychologically harmful to women. Though men are also shown to also be effected negatively by low self-esteem from the media, there remains a gap as the value of appearance is seen of greater significance to women, with a booming cosmetic industry, majority of the fashion world, and the marketing of diet products and programs specifically targeting women.
Women and girls seem to be more affected by the mass media than do men and boys. Females frequently compare themselves to others, finding the negative rather than looking at the positive aspects of their own body. The media’s portrayal of the ideal body type impacts the female population far more than males, however, it is not only the mass media that affects women, but also influence of male population has on the female silhouette too.
The pattern is similar for the portrayal of women on television, magazines, and other parts of the media. The way media represents women are for them to be thin-like models and other women on television to be the high standard of “attractiveness” to others. The advertising involved targets young teenage women and feature these models that are portraying desirable items, and the “norm” is for these women to be slender and beautiful (Vonderen & Kinnally, 2012). Research has been done to prove that media’s pressure on being thin causes women to be depressive and negative feelings about themselves . Women’s view are skewed and perceived incorrectly of what the typical female body should be (Haas, Pawlow, Pettibone & Segrist, 2012).
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