Annotated Bibliography: Vonderson And Kinnaly

Annotated Bibliography

Kristen E. Van Vonderen, M.S., William Kinnally, Ph.D. (2012), “Media Effects on Body
Image: Examining Media Exposure in the Broader Context of Internal and Other Social
Factors”. Volume 14, Issue 2. 41-57. American Communication Journal.
Summary: Vonderson and Kinnally’s article discusses the influence media has on women today and the way they see themselves. Being “overweight” has such negative stigmatism to it that women who are considered to be overweigh feel as though they are unlovable or unsuccessful because they don 't look like the women in magazines. They touch on the subject of the influence from parents and peers. Parents who comment on their child’s physical appearance convey body image norms
that could lead to negative association with body shape.
In the article they also talk about internal influences such as self-esteem and how, in part, it is a reflection of the opinion others hold of you.
Analysis: Vonderson and Kinnally’s approach to informing us about how women are portrayed in magazines is both informative and surprising. I, myself being a young women was more than aware of the issue with body image and the media. I personally have thought less of myself after looking through a magazine or watching a movie because of how thin and beautiful those women are. But I was not aware of the many causes that influence women into thinking so negatively.
Reflection: This particular article was very informative and helpful towards my research paper topic because it was exactly what I am writing about. Going into this project, I thought I knew quite a bit of information on this topic, but now reading these articles I realize that there is much more to the influence media has on women than I had imagined. Gemma Lopez- Guimera, Micheal P. Levine, David Sanchez-Carracedo, Jordi Fauquet.
(2010),” Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and
Behavior in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes”. Media Psychology, 13:387–
416.
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Summary: This article reviews research on the effects of television and magazines on body image and on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in females. Evidence from different types of studies in the fields of eating disorders, media psychology, health psychology, and mass communication indicates that mass media are an extremely important source of information and reinforcement in relation to the nature of the thin beauty ideal, its importance, and how to attain it.
Although considerable research remains to be done, evidence is accumulating that repeated exposure to media and to both direct and indirect (via media 's effects on peers, parents, coaches, physicians, etc.) pressures from media to be thin constitute risk factors for body dissatisfaction, concerns over weight and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls and young women.
Analysis: I found this article to be both credible and reliable mainly on the fact that it’s research was conducted professionally. The multiple authors of this article are credible because they are head departments of psychology, clinical and health psychology, psychobiology, and methodology of health sciences all from admirable universities all over the world.
Reflection: This article help shapes the arguments in my research paper. My research paper is on the topic of mass media and its influence on society and with an article that focuses just on the female aspect of it, it will really help my arguments.

So, J. and Nabi, R. (2013), Reduction of Perceived Social Distance as an Explanation for Media 's Influence on Personal Risk Perceptions: A Test of the Risk
Convergence
Model. Human Communication Research, 39: 317–338. Print
Summary: The aim of this study was to develop the Perceived Parental Media
Mediation Scale (PPMMS).in an initial test of this model, 500 undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, participated in an experiment. Participants were exposed to entertainment clips that either portrayed a main character who is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease or thinks he/she might have caught an
STD and gets scared of testing for it. Overall, the risk convergence model received solid support from the data, with all paths emerging as significant except for the link between perceived realism and social distance. Reduction of social distance completely mediated the relationship between identification, transportation and personal risk perceptions, thus suggesting social distance as a valid causal mechanism of the process involving the two variables.
Analysis: This article is credible because studies were conducted at multiple universities such as University of Georgia and UC Santa Barbara by experts in the Department of
Communications. I found this article to be non biased based on the fact that they had conducted numerous experiments and tests on a large number of students and still found that their risk perception was influenced by the media.
Reflection: I found this article to be very helpful with my research paper, being that it was a rather long article with more than enough information explaining medias influence on personal risk perception.