WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY I
The abundance of websites, journal articles, and academic
sources in regard to media and body image. One of these websites is Mirror
Mirror, a web page that provides information about eating disorders and also
discusses many other subcategories in great detail. They also provide valuable statistical
data, have their own continually updated blog, and provide help for individuals
with eating disorders.
In one of their articles about media and body image
Together, Americans spend 250
billion hours watching television every year. According to the California State
University at Northridge, advertising accounts for about 30 percent of all
television air time. The average child watches 20,000 television commercials
every year. Of course, television is not the only place we see advertisements.
Popular magazines, particularly women’s magazines and many teen’s magazines,
are brimming with ads. We even see pop-up ads online.
Anything we look at for so many
hours has to affect us. The media and body image are closely related due to the
number of images we see in the media and the excessive amount of exposure we
have to those images.
If you are interested in body image and health, I highly recommend
visiting their website and you can do so by clicking here.
References
Mirror-Mirror. (2020). The Media And Body Image. Retrieved from mirror-mirror.org: https://mirror-mirror.org/body-image/the-media-and-body-image
Hi, thank you for considering this topic, it was really interesting to read! In my blog I considered how media can impose materialism and consumerism, but your blog proves that media can translate many different ideas. It blowes my mind how the media can, for example, impose the perfect body image. Also, it is scary how many ads we see every day and how many thoughts can be imposed by them. Thank you once again!
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