Female Body Image In Media

Mass media aims to appeal to a large audience using technology. Its purpose is to provide necessary information to function as a society. Mass media exists everywhere, there is no escape from there. You are faced with media until you fall asleep from the moment you woke up. Most American families have at least one television, internet, mobile phone. If you do not see the billboard sign, you can not run on the highway. If you try to avoid a magazine, it may be difficult to check out the grocery store.

Media media is one of social and cultural influences, and as a result of thorough investigation, the focus of the media's image on the image of the body is the focus. Studies have shown that women who watch many TV programs and read about fashion magazines are more likely to physically change by media than men (DC Jones, Vigfusdottir, & Y.Lee, 2004; Ricciardelli and McCabe, 2001). However research has shown that the media is unrealistically ideal, affecting dissatisfaction with the body of the woman and being accused of being hungry (Wykes & Gunter, 2005). Men are tall and muscular, whereas men's magazines, advertisements, television, the Internet, etc. have these pictures everywhere, while the media draws the appearance of women as thin and big breasts. Use techniques and special effects when editing photos to make images more perfect than real life

Recent studies have revealed that the media image of an "ideal" female model affects the body image of women, leading to dissatisfaction and emotional distortion. Review the evidence of this relationship between media presentation and body image distortion and propose a theoretical model to explain this association. In particular, the use of social comparisons in women's self-concept seems to be an important psychological structure to understand the influence of media on physical images. Based on empirical evidence and suggested psychological mediators, several measures have been proposed that may be used to block the effects of the media or to address these effects. Especially, it seems that psychoeducational education prevention measure and group treatment gives the greatest hope.