The media is a powerful tool that influences the majority of the population. It has the largest impact, although, on teenage girls. All across the United States, millions of young girls see as many as three thousand ads each day, either in magazines, on billboards, or on television. These same adolescent girls are suffering with a range of problems, everywhere from low self-esteem to life threatening eating disorders. Many girls look at magazine images and ads that they see, and visualize the "perfect body image? however these pictures can be harmful as well as misleading. It is important to recognize women as smart individuals, who look past outer beauty, but rather inner beauty. Despite what teenage girls may intend or imply, the media will always have a large impact on their lives.
Many girls believe that to be pretty means to be thin, however this is not the case. The average woman is 5?"" and 140 pounds, but the majority of the women that are in magazines are 5?0"" and 110 pounds. This means that the typical fashion model is 23% thinner then the average woman. The body type required being that thin is only common in 10% of the population. This is determined by genetics and no diet will ever allow the average size girl to be that thin. In order for a woman to be healthy, she should have at least 17% to 22% body fat. Store mannequins for example, would only have 10% body fat if they .
were real women. Women believe that their physical appearance is extremely important. The majority of the pictures of women in magazines are computer enhanced. Many individual body parts are manipulated and don't actually appear that way in reality. Only 5% of women have model size body type and shape, although this 5% is brainwashing girls into believing it is the only acceptable figure. Everyone's body type and shape is unique, however the media portraying the "model perfect?body has caused girls to go to extremes to achieve this ideal body image.
The Effects of Mass Media Very few people in today's world can escape mass media and it's effects. The mass media is a powerful tool. ... We get influenced by the mass media. ... These things can have a big affect on you and your life. ... I think really it was the mass media. ...
Question In what ways can Australia's mass media be considered as an 'Industry'? ... Australia's Mass Media This essay will address the fact that Australia's mass media is indeed an industry by the very nature of its existence. ... Yes the Media is an industry, and it does sell a product, but as Cunningham and Turner point out, the mass media is an industry dealing in consciousness. ... Protecting Popular Culture The mass media also deals with how popular culture is interpreted. ... They are trying to justify how their convergence will not affect other PAY-...
How the Mass Media Impacts Our Lives The media play an important role in our lives and influence us in many choices and things that we value in life. ... These are some of the arguments that people throw out about the media having affects on individuals, especially children. ... The mass media simply reproduces this reality. ... In other words, the mass media helps form an opinion on politics, whether you like it or not. ... A concerned effort, by the media, educators, and parents, is necessary to help monitor what people see in the media and how it affects them. ...
How the Mass Media Impacts Our Lives The media play an important role in our lives and influence us in many choices and things that we value in life. ... These are some of the arguments that people throw out about the media having affects on individuals, especially children. ... The mass media simply reproduces this reality. ... In other words, the mass media helps form an opinion on politics, whether you like it or not. ... A concerned effort, by the media, educators, and parents, is necessary to help monitor what people see in the media and how it affects them. ...
Background Having completed high school graduation I decided to study Mass Media Communication. ... The concept of Mass Media has evolved over the years. ... It is obvious from this study that mass media impacts social behavior. I have selected social media as the specific agent of research and present evidence to show how this medium of communication affects social behavior. ... Informal Controls in my Life Research shows that mass media such as television and internet can and do affect the lives of the people who use them. ...
The four functions of the Mass Media 1. To Entertain: Entertainment is the biggest service of the mass media. ... Even though the power of the mass media is to inform it is almost incredible. ... The most obvious and prevalent example of mass media influence is advertising. ... Another concern that affects women in the media is their constant circulation of distorted information, such as; women are not smart and should not be put in leadership roles. ...
Black Stereotypes in the Mass Media In the decades since the civil rights movement, overt stereotypes of blacks in the mass media have largely faded from view. ... The U.S. mass media is dedicated to selling products through advertising. The most targeted consumer of mass media advertising is still the white consumer. The current mass media's largely positive portrayal of blacks is well received by most white consumers, but the reason for this is controversial. ... Most studies of stereotypes in the mass media concentrate on entertainment programming. ...
The Mass Media The Mass Media is a unique feature of modern society; its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements, rapid social change, technological innovation, rising personal income and standard of life and the decline of some traditional forms of control and authority. ... The mass media is a source of information for the people. ... New technology and media: convergence and fragmentation In the past, the various elements of mass communication and mass media could be clearly distinguished or defined. ... These are not i...
Is the mass media correct in broadcasting anticipated outcomes of elections and what is the result? ... Dukakis Presidential Election Did television coverage of this election affect the outcome? ... How did the mass media shape the public opinion of these two candidates? ... Public can become more politically involved by lobbying instead of merely relying on the mass media. ... Judgments (Conclusion): Media has a tremendous impact on people's political opinions, and that the public is being shaped by the mass media in other aspects also. ...
The Mass Media has control over what becomes news and for how long. ... The media keeps close coverage in the candidate's actions. ... The effects of media on politics are not really obvious. ... The information that the media gives probably will not affect any of the potential voters who are experienced. ... The mass media have become dominant in many presidential elections and other political affairs The major effects of the media has less to do with how people vote and more to do with the manner in which things are conducted. ...
