The Portrayal of Body Image in the Media

Various media are promoting the importance of society to the standards of body form and beauty. The media links beauty with the symbol of women's happiness, love, and success. The media expresses these images as achievable and realistic. Before women accept images of their bodies, they continue to measure relationships with "perfect imagery" of society. Media representation of body images contributes to social trends in unhealthy lifestyles. Girls are learning to worry about their appearance since childhood. Many girls from 3 to 10 have one or more Barbie dolls.

Drawing unrealistic beauty and image of the body throughout the media and social media is a worldwide problem and photographs changed to digital gives true misunderstanding. Various factors involved in the development of eating disorders including genetics have been demonstrated by research, but individuals who are susceptible to eating disorders are more likely to achieve diet-promoting media or body sizes It is particularly susceptible to a medium. The influence of digital images is one of many factors related to mainstream media, but thanks to the range of free applications for smartphones, most people can swipe images with their fingertips. People now have the ability to add filters, shine their eyes, create ways to show their bodies, whiten teeth.

Body images are greatly affected by portrayal by mass media of optimal body shape for slimming. The use of adolescent girls by media represents two extreme images. They usually manifest as extroverted or introverted free-flowing, usually experiencing gentle gaze, soft skin, pink cheeks and wide eyes without focus. Today, slimming targets are shown on media images of TV, magazines, bulletin boards. Female magazine advertisements include better meals and other digital functions than advertisements in men's magazines. These ads show the ideal women's body, and then many women can compare their figure with this ideal and use diet as a measurement. In fact, according to a survey of mass media magazines, advertisements and articles of women's magazines promote weight reduction by 10.5 times in men's magazines. (Brew)