Effects Of Media On Body Image

People find it acceptable to believe that the media are at fault for our body image issues. So for the sake of agreeing to disagree, I believe that we need to stop blaming the media for this inconvenience. Body image is the image an individual holds of his or her own physical appearance, which also happens to be what they believe represents the way others perceive him or her. How people see themselves vary from person to person. Of these groups of people, teens happen to seem dissatisfied with their own bodies more than any other age group (Webb 564). Researchers and other observers theorize that our tech savviness is the cause for our dissatisfaction. Though the media is a drive for how we see ourselves, we are not forced to see it as it is. A key characteristic that makes us human is
Researchers from Texas A&M International University surveyed roughly 250 volunteers. With these volunteers, observation was done over if and how they were influenced by media or peers. As a result, media had little to no effect on the participants whilst peer competition predicted negative long term effects on teen’s body image. According to the authors of a study in Journal of Youth and Adolescence, “Our results suggest that only peer competition, not television or social media use, predict negative outcomes for body image.” A short film called Teen Truth: An Inside Look At Body Image was produced concerning body image and the disorders affiliated with it. The video I will soon show consists of several teens listing of disorders, thoughts about their own body, and the use of drugs and other enhancing products to fill the niche of ideal body images. The full film was made to influence its viewers to find self acceptance and has won a Telly award for doing so. Teen Truth: An Inside Look At Body Image -