Media and Body Image in America

Background Info

Male

• Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America.Full Text Available By: Hofmann, Mary. School Library Journal, Nov2005, Vol. 51 Issue 11, p60-60, 1/9p; (AN 18797458)

Female

• Sex Objects, Athletes, and Sexy Athletes: How Media Representations of Women Athletes Can Impact Adolescent Girls and College Women.Citation Only Available By: Daniels, Elizabeth A.. Journal of Adolescent Research, Jul2009, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p399-422, 24p, 3 charts; (AN 42542229).http://proxy.foley.gonzaga.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=29971022&site=ehost-live.

• Amanda J Holmstrom. (2004). The Effects of the Media on Body Image: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 48(2), 196-217. Retrieved October 20, 2009, from Research Library. (Document ID: 856196371).http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=2&did=427135001&SrchMode=1&sid=12&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1256028711&clientId=10553

This article examines the studies of women being projected to images of thin and more weighted women, showing that positive results frequented more often when comparable.

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http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_mediaeffect.shtml

Shows info on media and body image//the whole page is on the media (Also has many sources that seem credible! :))

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http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED376539&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED376539

This primary research shows the involvement that cartoons have with children, how male and female children view each other based on these cartoons (media)

• Levine, Michael P. ""EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT MASS MEDIA ARE/ARE NOT [pick one] A CAUSE OF EATING DISORDERS": A CRITICAL REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FOR A CAUSAL LINK BETWEEN MEDIA, NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE, AND DISORDERED EATING IN FEMALES.." Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology;. 28.1 (2009): p9-42, 34p, 2 charts. Print. http://proxy.foley.gonzaga.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=36604147&site=ehost-live

This article reviews research pertaining to mass media as a causal risk factor for negative body image and disordered eating in females. The specific purpose is to clarify the impact of mass media by applying seven criteria that extend those of Kraemer et al. (1997) and Stice (2002). Although media effects clearly meet a majority of the criteria, this analysis indicates that, currently, engagement with mass media is probably best considered a variable risk factor that might well be later shown to be a causal risk factor.

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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/search/allsearch?mode=similararticles&DID=67258&page=1

Lots of info for many searches on many primary sources

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http://hscareers.com/news/articles.asp?id=127

.com site, but its sources=credible? idk, but it has information on how idealized women on TV make girls feel bad (article title)

• Barriga, Claudia. "Media Context, Female Body Size and Perceived Realism." Sex Roles. 60.1/2 (2009): 128-141. Print.http://proxy.foley.gonzaga.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35833649&site=ehost-live

Abstract:Women with larger body types are underrepresented and presented negatively on television. Two experiments explored the possibility that program context, specifically the roles women play on television, may influence judgments about the realism of various women’s body types. Both experiments, one with 92 undergraduate students at a large university in the northeastern United States, and one with 69 mall patrons in the same area, found that while the body type of an actress had little effect in a domestic setting, larger women were perceived as less realistic and less likely to get a television role in a professional setting. The results have implications for how audiences judge body types and for how audiences make realism judgments.

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http://www.therapeuticresources.com/62-8text.html

Info on body image and women, i will check out later for more info

• McEvey, Gail L. "A Program to Promote Positive Body Image: A 1-Year Follow-Up Evaluation." Journal of Early Adolescence. 22.1 (2002): 96. Print.

Abstract:The effectiveness of a program designed to promote body image satisfaction and prevent eating problems in young adolescent girls was evaluated over a 1-year period. A total of 263 girls in Grade 6, one-half of whom were in the control group, completed questionnaires that assessed body image satisfaction and eating problems before and 1 week after the prevention program, and 6 and 12 months later. The six-session prevention program was developed around two principal components:(a) media literacy about the dangers associated with the idealization of thinness and (b) the promotion of life skills, including self-esteem enhancement strategies, stress management techniques, and peer relations skills. There was no program effect. Instead, the findings revealed significant increases in body image satisfaction and decreases in eating problem scores over time for participants in both the prevention and control groups.