The Influence of Media on Our Body Image

Theme selection: Media influence on our body image Background: Media influences how young people see themselves. Television, movies, magazines, and the Internet are all unrealistic images of teens throwing bombs, 23% heavier than ordinary women, an airbrush version that affects the appearance of the body. It further reinforces unrealistic weight and "encourages young girls to have 10% body fat, but in fact 22% body fat is healthy, but millions of teenagers I believe in lies and take unhealthy measures trying to adapt to impossible molds.

How does the media affect the image of our body? How does the media influence the recognition of the body? This is two questions I asked myself to study thesis and group discussion. In my opinion, I agree that women and men will influence and encourage that the media believes that the criterion of cultural body image is ideal. Therefore, the phrases "slimming" and "perfect body" I see in many women's magazines are two "attracting attention" titles. I understand that the media has influenced us through television, fashion, health magazines, music videos, movies, commercials, and a variety of other advertisements. Sadly, therefore, this ideal of repeated contact, "slimming", many young girls can cause eating disorders, depression, low self-esteem, stress and suicide.

Theme selection: Media influence on our body image Background: Media influences how young people see themselves. Television, movies, magazines, and the Internet are all unrealistic images of teens throwing bombs, 23% heavier than ordinary women, an airbrush version that affects the appearance of the body. It further strengthens unreal weight and recommends young girls to have a body fat content of 10%, but in fact 22% of body fat is healthy.

Recently we know that the media closely relates to the image of the body. In particular, the image advertisement of the body depicts the image that affects our own body. Of course, there are many other factors that influence our body image: child rearing, education, intimacy etc. However, popular media has a big influence. Americans spend 250 billion hours a year to watch television. According to California State University Northridge, advertisement accounts for about 30% of all TV broadcasting time. Ordinary children see commercials of 20,000 TVs a year. Of course, it is not the place where only the TV watches advertisements. Popular magazines, especially women's magazines and many young people's magazines, are filled with advertisements. Pop-up ads are also displayed on the web.