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How Does Media Regulate Eating Disorders?
To what extent does the media trigger eating disorders? Project Word count: 2,750

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I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
a) How does media manipulate the minds of people? ................................................................................................................................... …show more content…
Why is this topic important? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 ii. What inspired me to go deeper into this topic?........................................................………………………………………... 4 iii. Which sources were more helpful and how did they help me? ……………….………………………………………… 5 iv. How exactly did I finish the product?...................................................................................…………………………………. 6

III. Analysis of inspiration ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………….....
a) The findings and decisions I made ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
b) How did I get my idea and from where? …………………………………………………………………..…………………………….... 7
c) Resulting outcome. (was I successful?) …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
IV. Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………
a) Reflect on the impact of the project on everything …………………………………………….……………………………………. 8
b) New lessons that I learned…………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………. 8
V. Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………... a) Internet Websites …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….
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