Media and You

Medias effect on body image is a big issue. The popular media have been affecting many females because the ideal body image for women is increasingly thinner than before. 1992 study found that womens magazines contained ten and a half times as many advertisements and articles on weight loss as mens magazines. (Anderson, 1992). This gives us a message that the media has been supporting weight loss for women, and why is that? Also a 1996 study found …

…community by giving back to the community. In 2000, Jones joined the efforts of Girls, Inc. for a national self-image building campaign aimed at young women. She is also part of Gods Love We Deliver, Dress for Success, and East Harlem School at Exodus House. I hope to see more of Rosie O'Donnell and Star Jones in the media. I also hope that there will be more positive role-models in the future like these two women.