1. 1. Media & womenBy: Raquel Cammuse
2. 2. Introduction
3. 3. Influence On SocietyThe media has become a powerful influence on woman in society. There aremultiple examples that can explain the perception of this reality. Television News media Social media Advertisements Reality television Gossip Blogs
4. 4. Body Image Celebrities and models have created a flawless look for themselves.Television, make up, and photo shop have made all there flaws and blemishesdisappear. Only certain looks are accepted, such as being skinny. Plastic surgery being influenced on young woman. Praising woman on social media as well as the television.
5. 5. Networks statisticsIn a survey of girls 9 and 10 years old, 40% have tried to lose weight, according toan ongoing study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.In a study on fifth graders, 10 year old girls and boys told researchers they weredissatisfied with their own bodies after watching a music video by Britney Spearsor a clip from the TV show "Friends". A 1996 study found that the amount of time an adolescent watches soaps,movies and music videos is associated with their degree of body dissatisfactionand desire to be thin.One study reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are "unhappy withtheir bodies." This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen.
6. 6. Statistics on body image 69% of girls in 5th 12th grades reported that magazine pictures influencedtheir idea of a perfect body shape - National Association of Anorexia Nervosaand Associated Disorders Following the viewing of images of female fashion models, seven out of tenwomen felt more depressed and angrier than prior to viewing the images Rader Programs 80% of women who answered a People magazine survey responded thatimages of women on television and in the movies make them feel insecure Rader Programs The body type portrayed in advertising as the ideal is possessed naturally byonly 5% of American females National Association of Anorexia Nervosa andAssociated Disorders An average US woman is 54 tall weighing 140 pounds; the average USmodel is 511 weighing 117 pounds West Virginia Dept of Education
7. 7. Actions and Decisions You dont have to be flawless to be accepted. Every one is beautiful in thereown way. Some woman take action to make themselves look like models evenit that means bodily harm. Woman change the way the look to be accepted. Using the media to get through life. Changing your personality just to fit in.
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