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    aren’t and images which are much more powerful and create an ongoing debate about whether the portrayal f women in advertising is a serious issue. Various studies have been conducted and many opinions are available on this subject. As an example‚ Jean Kilbourne‚ (cited by Robin Gerber) a famous media activist of raising awareness about the exploitation of women in advertising claims that:" the overwhelming presence of media images of painfully thin women means that the real women’s bodies have become

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    The nonfiction article‚ "Here’s to Looking at You: Is Body Image Being Taken Too Seriously?" by Annie Rispin‚ is about the struggles of body image of both women and men in college and how current media plays a large part in the issue. Rispin suggests that the pressure college students have to look affects them‚ especially in our culture of cell phones and media. Many college students are affected by the problems of body image. Body image is how people now judge‚ interact‚ and categorize you as

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    Body Image Imagine a teenage girl sitting in one of her high school classes. Her attention is veered away from the lecture when she glances to her left to find her slim classmate using a compact to admire her new $5‚000 nose. The girl runs her finger down her average-sized nose while simultaneously pinching the fat on her equally average-sized stomach. She sighs as numerous shameful thoughts race through her mind: “I shouldn’t have eaten lunch today. Why can’t my parents afford cosmetic surgery

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    ones self-perception‚ but more of the perceptions of others establish body image. The media plays a huge role on how a teen feels about their outer appearance. For most girls‚ being healthy means having the perfect body and being accepted by their peers. The American Academy of Pediatrics showed that the majority of girls‚ 59 percent‚ reported resentment with their body shape‚ and 66 percent expressed the desire to lose weight (Image). Standards and examples of how we should look are being tremendously

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    female as: “Female [fee-mayl]- (n.): a person bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina‚ a uterus and ovaries‚ and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts and retaining a beardless face; a girl or woman.” Mass media generates the picture perfect image of a woman. The “perfect” woman is a generalized fantasy derived from media and how society shaped the media. But what aspects exactly make a female a woman? The fashion industry might say

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    G Model BODYIM-242; No of Pages 9 Body Image xxx (2009) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Body Image journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/bodyimage Multidimensional body image comparisons among patients with eating disorders‚ body dysmorphic disorder‚ and clinical controls: A multisite study§ Joshua I. Hrabosky a‚*‚ Thomas F. Cash b‚ David Veale c‚ Fugen Neziroglu d‚ Elizabeth A. Soll e‚1‚ David M. Garner e‚3‚ Melissa Strachan-Kinser f‚2‚ Bette Bakke g‚ Laura

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    Chen clams that Chinese girls have stronger preferences for a thin ideal predict body dissatisfaction because it has been rooted in Chinese history for centuries as their traditional idea. However‚ I believe that this is not the case‚ because the mass media and western ideas have a strong impact on today’s China. Young Chinese women have often said like a habit‚ “I want to be skinny.” Why do Chinese do they desperately wish to be slim or prefer to be thinner? There are many popular and famous celebrities

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    Media plays a significant role and known as the most formidable means of communication in our lives in 21st century. Media images contribute to the socialization of young people across a board range of areas‚ particularly those in which the viewer has relatively limited real-world experience (Huston et al.‚ 1992). Nowadays‚ most of the people will get their information through the mass media that they can get if easily which are from the internet‚ electronic devises‚ for an example television and

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    Spangenberg BritLit‚ period 5 28 March 2011 If looks could kill For most people in order to feel good they must look good‚ however for some people looking good doesn’t cut it they have to be perfect. In our minds every one of us has an idealized body image which comes from “a mixture of ideas and feeling about one’s physical appearance…linked to self esteem and emotional stability” (Maggie 2). Factors that influence ones self- perceptions are the 21st century media‚ peers‚ and family basically our

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    MIND MAP/BODY IMAGE It is part of human nature to have feelings about how we look. However‚ how we view our bodies whether negative or positive‚ is all influenced by society and the culture that surrounds us. As well‚ interpersonal relationships and the physical changes that can occur over a lifetime both positive and negative‚ influences body image. Body Image can significantly influence a person’s mental health (Medscape Psychiatry‚ 2010). According to the article by (Davison & McCabe

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