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Researchers found that watching a ten-minute segment of the show had a negative effect on how satisfied young women were with their appearance. Since the segment shown didn’t have any content directly related to weight or body image, it seems likely that viewing similar shows would have a similar effect.
Previous research has found that both print media and television may affect the body image of young women. Tiggerman and Pickering (1996) found that it was not just the amount of television viewed, but the viewing of appearance focused shows that affected body image.
- Ayarza Manwaring
- 2011
- Existing Evidence For The Effect of Media Images on Appearance Satisfaction
- The Mechanism of The Effect: Making Social Comparisons
- The Effect of Media Interventions: Mitigating Social Comparisons
- The Present Study
Compared to the general population, the typical woman appearing in the Western mass media (primarily on television and in magazines) has been shown to be exceptionally thin and physically attractive (Cusumano and Thompson 1997; Fouts and Burggraf 2000; Signorielli et al. 1994). Longitudinal content analyses have shown that such images have become t...
Such findings are frequently interpreted in accordance with Festinger’s (1954) theory of social comparison processes (Bessenoff 2006; Botta 1999, 2003; Cattarin et al. 2000; Engeln-Maddox 2005; Hargreaves and Tiggemann 2004; Jones 2001; Martin and Gentry 1997; Morrison et al. 2004; Patrick et al. 2004; Posavac et al. 1998; Richins 1991; Tiggemann a...
The second aim of the present study was to add to the emerging body of work on the prevention of adverse media influences on appearance satisfaction. Posavac et al. (2001) exposed women with moderate to high levels of pre-existing body dissatisfaction to three different media interventions: one designed to point out the artificial nature of media i...
The twin aims of the present study were addressed by first comparing the appearance satisfaction, as measured on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS; Heinberg and Thompson 1995), of women who had been exposed to material from a popular television program (Friends) with those not so exposed. This comparison gave an indication of the extent to which women’s...
- Stephen C. Want, Kristin Vickers, Jennifer Amos
- 2009
May 6, 2024 · In movies, television shows, and music videos, women are frequently depicted in ways that emphasize their sexuality. This objectification can create a toxic environment where women’s worth...
Sep 1, 2023 · This study aimed to examine the impact of viewing appearance-ideal short-form video content on young women’s state appearance satisfaction, negative mood, and self-objectification, compared to appearance-ideal image content and appearance-neutral content (i.e., content that does not contain people).
Sep 1, 2010 · The correlation between media image and body image has been proven; in one study, among European American and African American girls ages 7 - 12, greater overall television exposure predicted both a thinner ideal adult body shape and a higher level of disordered eating one year later. Adolescent girls are the most strongly affected demographic.
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Young women who actively engage with social media images of friends who they think are more attractive than themselves report feeling worse about their own appearance afterward, a new study shows.
