op SLars and 8ody lmage

uoes ldollzlng pop sLars have an

adverse effecL on young glrls' body
lmages?
dolescence ls ard
W noL only are Lhere lnLense emoLlonal and
physlcal changes Lo geL used Lo buL Lhe
approval of peers becomes very lmporLanL
W s adolescenLs e also Lurn our aLLenLlon Lo
exLernal lnfluences and soclal messages abouL
physlcal appearance
W ?oung glrls Loday are belng barraged by medla
lmages of omen lLh Lhe ldeal body"
,edla ,essages
W 8aslcally young glrls are recelvlng Lhe
message LhaL Lhey should loo lle Lhls
8rlLney Spears
W s a chlld l as deluged by
lmages of a scanLllyclad
8rlLney Spears belng made Lo
belleve LhaL hers as Lhe
perfecL body"
W 1he facL LhaL l dldn'L (and
probably never ould) loo lle
her loered my selfesLeem
and dlsLorLed my body lmage
W L Lhe Llme l dldn'L no hy l
felL so badly abouL myself
W l ldollzed her lLhouL reallzlng
LhaL l as alays
subconsclously comparlng my
body Lo hers
W ne sLudy suggesLs LhaL frequenL muslc
vldeo vlelng may be a rls facLor for
lncreased percelved lmporLance of
appearance and lncreased elghL concerns
among adolescenL glrls"
W sLudy LlLled Po op vldeo ,odels rompL
oor 8ody lmage ln Clrls" seL ouL Lo LesL lf
aLchlng muslc vldeos had an adverse effecL
on glrls' (aged 1619) body dlssaLlsfacLlon
W 1he sLudy concluded LhaL afLer [usL Len
mlnuLes of aLchlng vldeos feaLurlng Lhln
aLLracLlve omen glrls shoed a greaLer
lncrease ln body dlssaLlsfacLlon compared Lo
glrls ho had only llsLened Lo Lhe songs
W hlldren boLh male and female should be
made aare of Lhe facL LhaL Lhls ls golng on
s a chlld l had no ldea LhaL Lhe medla as aL
leasL parLlally responslble for my dlsLorLed
body lmage
W alllng aLLenLlon Lo Lhese lssues and Lhelr
poLenLlal Lo be harmful ls very lmporLanL
lL's noL !usL lemales
W ,any males are becomlng lnsecure abouL Lhelr
physlcal appearance as adverLlslng and oLher
medla lmages ralse Lhe sLandard and ldeallze
ellbullL mensLudles are flndlng LhaL boys lle
glrls may Lurn Lo smolng Lo lose elghL"
(,edla lnfluence on ?ouLh")
,edla LlLeracy ln School
W ,osL lds don'L have a place Lo dlscuss Lhese
lmages many of Lhem don'L even reallze lL ls a
Loplc LhaL needs dlscusslon
W ,any arLlcles rlLe abouL a need for medla
llLeracy ln schools
W Several schools have successfully lnLegraLed
medla llLeracy lnLo Lhelr currlculums and
found Lhem Lo be very helpful
1eachlng klds Lo s CuesLlons
W arL of medla llLeracy ls belng crlLlcal of haL
you see
W SLudenLs should be ased quesLlons abouL
medla messages lle haL ls Lhe message
here? Who senL lL and for haL reason? WhaL
abouL lL aLLracLs my aLLenLlon?"