possessing Caucasian features and an ultrathin body type (Casanova‚ 2004). A study conducted in Ecuador based on concepts of race and beauty among adolescent women demonstrates how young girls have body image ideals starting at an early age. During a series of group interviews‚ Casanova learns about how young girls construct a Latina stereotype. The two most commonly mentioned Latin beauties were Salma Hayek and Jennifer López. Of course‚ the image that eventually propelled López to superstardom
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Nursing the Silent Profession and Media’s influence The nursing image has become a major issue in the society as people have different perception about nursing. Some believe that nurses do their duties out of kindness. This has influenced the nursing image as most people do not see nursing as a good profession. Only few people in the society see nursing as an important profession and consider the qualification of the nurses (Younge & Niekerk‚ 2004). This has led to shortage of nurses in the
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Helpful Resources for Close Reading and Deconstruction from The New Mexico Media Literacy Project (http://www.nmmlp.org): What is deconstruction? Every media message has been constructed by someone. You can deconstruct media messages by examining them closely and carefully‚ looking beneath the surface to understand their deeper meanings. A magazine ad‚ for example‚ may consist of a photograph‚ a few words‚ and a logo. This is the surface‚ or the text of the message. Meaning is created when we
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will someday come back to you like a boomerang. I’m not talking about between choosing‚ which food to eat or which outfit should i wear‚ i’m talking about our behavior or action that we choose to take. This all can lead you to all consequences as body image‚ peer pressure and paranoid disorders. Our environment is an effect in our community! In our life we can change our actions depending on the people around us‚including family or
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distinction between sex and gender. Sex is defined by the physical body and is characterized by the initial biological structure from birth. The characteristics of each male or female body maybe different but the make ups are the same. Gender on the other hand according to Wood is unstable; it is a category or a means by which we understand the body. The cultures ideologies and discourses surrounding us make sense of the body and determine our gender in multiple ways. It gives us a social‚ political
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The phenomenon of dress and bodily adornment has always been a matter of conflict. It seems that society is constantly trying to repress the notion of aesthetics being a priority in any sense. Generally speaking‚ we are taught from a young age that looks are not important and we should not use them to make judgements of people. This is then contradicted by the notion of a doting mother always concerned about their child’s appearance‚ a nervous girl on a first date spending hours attempting to find
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The issue of women’s body image problems is greatly significant in today’s society. Many women around the world today are experiencing or have experienced body-dissatisfaction in their everyday lives. Women are constantly viewing traditional media and social media websites‚ that heavily have the appearance of models‚ the thin ideal‚ and many surgeries celebrities have had done to make themselves look better. This then consequences young girls and women into wanting to change themselves‚ and they
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thin models influences the idea of ideal body image that girls hold. Undoubtedly‚ the readership of teen magazines is no longer teenagers only‚ but apparently children between the ages of 8 and 12 – typically ascertain as the tweens are getting more engaged with the magazines (Thomas‚ 2003). Despite the existence of hundred reasons not to trust mass-media photography‚ a vulnerable group such as teenage girls can be easily influenced by edited photos. Media exposure undoubtedly is associated with
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unhealthy and impossible body ideals. Yet parents play a crucial role in a child’s body image‚ development and how they view themselves. The topic of body image is an increasingly researched one‚ but shouldn’t parents do the research? Parents tend to be the lens when it comes to a child’s need or curiosity‚ but when the topic of body image – or anything relating to the body – it can come off as “awkward”‚ sometimes even the child and parent don’t want to discuss it‚ but body image and a parent’s involvement
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IMAGE Of NURSES IN THE MEDIA The image of nursing as portrayed by the media swings like a pendulum in between negative and positive attributes. However‚ most times‚ the portrayal is more on the negative side. Most nurses will readily agree to the fact that the way the media paints the profession is way beyond what they believe in or practice. Indeed‚ it falls short of fair and truthful image. In as much as all other media- newspaper‚ TV ‚Radio‚ Internet services e.t.c are to an extent guilty
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