Running head: BODY IMAGE AND THE MEDIA 1

Body Image and The Media

ENG 102

Yazmin Alatorre
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Introduction:

What effect does media have on body image towards the public? The images that

companies use for their advertisements have caused a negative response to the public. Most of

the campaigns are models that are well fit and have similar body structure and physique. By

doing this, many advertisements are stating that to be appealing to a person’s eye you must have

a certain body type, that’s not true. By doing this, females take into consideration that they must

do something to get that body structure. Ads that are being displayed and still females that still

have a similar body type. While some campaigns displaying women of different body structure,

often time this works but most of the times it does not. This can lead them to thinking about

extreme dieting which can lead to eating disorders.

Annotations:

Andsager, Julie. (2014). Research direction in social media and body image. Sex role. Vol. 71

Issue 11-12, p407-413. DOI:7p. 10.1007/s11199-014-0430-4. Retrieved from:

http://web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=

ab2599f7-8fea-464e-adc7-924828093b58%40sessionmgr4008

Summary:

This article is about how social media has a big influence on how people see themselves

and how it can lead to body dissatisfaction in the United States of America. It goes on stating

how social media is the potential influence of body image. Stating how a lot of people have come

in contact with these different types of images and how it has affected them in their lives. Julie

Andsager has mentioned how companies have tried to get more models with different type of

physique to get more people to feel comfortable with their bodies. Finalizing this summary
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Andsager has said that social media has attracted people that specialize in analyzing pictures that

might has a negative message that might be put out to the public.

Annotation:

Martinez, F. D. (2017). Body image as an everyday problematic: looking good. Retrieved from

https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu.

Summary:

In this book it talks about how body image is seen to be a social problematic for people in

the United States, especially more in women. The primary aim for this book is to inform the

readers about the history of this issue and how to overcome it. It also mentions the Psychological

background of body image and how it has made an effect on the human mind and how it can

cause different types and emotions to a person.in the history section it mentions how people have

been trying rigorous things to the “ideal body” that is being displayed all over mass media.

Annotation:

Joanne. Ikeda Priscilla Naworski. (1992). Am I Fat? Helping Young Children Accept

Differences in Body Size. Retrieved from: https://arizona-asu-

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explore/fulldisplay?docid=01ASU_ALMA21890046620003841&context=L&vid=01AS

U&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab

=default_tab&query=any,contains,body%20image%20and%20self%20esteem%20issues

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Summary:

In this book if offers a lot of information and ideas to help people approach a person that

might be having trouble excepting the way their body physique is. It gives them guidelines and
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tips on how to talk to people and how that can be of a help to them by telling them how they can

a role model to a person in need. This book has multiple chapters that give the readers some tips

and understanding on what people that are going through this might feel and hoe they can help a

certain person feel better. In chapter three it talks about nutrition and physical health, it explains

good nutrition; issues of eating; and being physical active and about body image.

Annotation:

Kekes Szabo, M. 28-31 March 2015. The Relationship Between Body Image and Self-esteem.

European Psychiatry. Vol.30, pp.1354-1354. DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(15)32029-0.

Retrieved from: https://www-sciencedirect-

com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/science/article/pii/S0924933815320290

Summary:

This article mentions how Body image is an important factor to an individual, it is a

major component on how a person maintains their mental state and their physical health. How

our feelings play a big role in our lives and how those feelings influence the way people view not

only their self-concepts, but also their self-esteem. This study was base on telling how to better

understand the connection between body image and self-esteem. How these two sometimes do

not correlate with each other and could have a negative feedback to one’s mind and make them

feel that they don’t have what it takes to fit in, regarding there type of body physique

Annotation:

Koyuncu, Mehmet, et al. "Body image satisfaction and dissatisfaction, social physique anxiety,

self-esteem, and body fat ratio in female exercisers and nonexercisers." Social Behavior

and Personality: An International Journal, vol. 38, no. 4, 2010, p. 561+. Opposing

Viewpoints in
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Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A229720001/OVIC?u=asuniv&sid=OVIC&

xid=296444a1.

Summary:

This article is about how now a day people see actors or actresses in movies or television

shows and see what their physique is. They desire to have that body that the actors/actresses

have, even though if their body is unrealistic. In this article it mentions women experiencing

body image dissatisfaction (BID). It continues to state how I order for women to feel that they

have been accepted into society they must feel, see or present themselves as thin and thin, the

way society has been presenting the “perfect body” for years. Festinger’s theory states that many

people have been comparing themselves to others when objective standard are unavailable.

Annotation.

Quick, Virginia M. (January 2014). Disorder eating, socio-cultural media influencers, body

image, and psychological factor among a racially/ethnically diverse population of college

women. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeth.2013.10.005. Retrieved from: https://arizona-asu-

primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-

explore/fulldisplay?docid=TN_sciversesciencedirect_elsevierS1471-0153(13)00112-

8&context=PC&vid=01ASU&lang=en_US&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=primo_

central_multiple_fe&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,media%20and%20body%20i

mage&offset=0

Summary:

This article talks about how they examine different eating disorders, how different media

influencers have a huge impacted on particular people, body image, and psychological factors

among a large population on of diverse students in a college environment. In this study they gave
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out surveys to students and have them fill it out. Throughout the study, they found out that black

females were satisfied with their body weight and with the shape of their body. They tend to

have a higher self-esteem, a lower chance of developing an eating disorder and also feel less

pressure of having to feel like they have to please society.

Annotation:

Russell B. Clayton, Jessica L. Ridgway & Joshua Hendrickse (2017) Is plus size equal? The

positive impact of average and plus-sized media fashion models on women’s cognitive

resource allocation, social comparisons, and body satisfaction. Retrieve from:

http://www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/doi/pdf/10.1080/03637751.2017.13327

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Summary:

This article is about how body image in the media has an impact on people and how it

can affect someone’s health. It goes on stating how media has been exposing unrealistic body

structure, which caused females to feel unsatisfied with the way they see themselves. Increasing

the chance in developing an eating disorder. Enhancing models to look even thinner can result in

women having a negative mental and physical mind set of themselves and can result in other

health problems, such as depression and anxiety. Also discussing how media platforms should be

putting more plus size models in the run way to help boost women confidence and their self-

esteem.

Annotations:

William, Robert and Ricciardelli, Lina. (2014). Social Media and Body Image Concerns: Further

Considerations and Broader Perspectives. Sex roles. Vol. 71 Issue 11-12, p389-392. 4p.
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DOI: 10.1007/s11199-014-0429-x. Retrieved from: https://link-springer-

com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/article/10.1007%2Fs11199-014-0429-x

Summary:

This article is about how social media is the main form of platform that young teens are

using throughout the day. Also, how specific companies use social media and other types of

media platform such as magazines and tv advertisement, to display their ads so people especially

teens to see. This can lead to both having a negative or positive feedback. The United States and

Australia have done a study on how these actions can lead to teens to have body image concerns.

William Robert and Lina Ricciardelli state that what companies are advertising are bodies that

are unrealistic that can lead teens and adults to feel unsatisfied with their bodies that can lead to

some health issues and disorders.