1. Do the Images Displayed by
Media Have a Negative
Effect on Young Women?

2. Think about
this…

3. Have you ever seen
images like these?

4. How did you feel after seeing the image?

5. How did you feel after seeing that image?
Did you feel insecure or
dissatisfied with your own
body?

6. How did you feel after seeing that image?
Did you feel insecure or
dissatisfied with your own
body?
It is likely that you have felt
those dissatisfied feelings, but
you are not alone.

7. Many images displayed by the media
have negative effects on most
people, especially young women. me

8. You might be wondering,
“Why do these negative
effects matter?”

9. Currently, there are 10
million women in the
U.S. suffering form an
eating disorder.

10. “Eating Disorders are characterized by
severe disturbances in eating behavior….
A disturbance in perception of body shape
and weight is an essential feature of both
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.”

11. Eating Disorders
Many women suffering from eating disorders view
themselves like the women in these pictures.

12. There is strong evidence that the media’s
negative influence plays a role in the
development of eating disorders.

13. How does the media
influence young women?
#1: The media displays
unhealthy and unrealistic
images.

14. UNHEALTHY:

15. UNHEALTHY: UNREALISTI
C:

16. A survey of young women found they
believed that “ideal teenage girl is described
as 5’7”, 100 pounds, and size 5 with long
blond hair and blue eyes”

17. A survey of young women found they believed that “ideal
teenage girl is described as 5’7”, 100 pounds, and size 5
with long blond hair and blue eyes”
Unfortunately, this standard is unattainable for
the majority of young women.

18. How does the media
influence young women?
#2: The media uses unhealthy
and unrealistic images to show
“flaws” and “ideal body images”
in order to sell products or
ideals.

19. “Flaws”
“thin body ideal may be just as effectively
communicated by the portrayal of fatness
as an undesirable trait”

20. “Flaws”
Some companies are fighting for a
change in advertising techniques that
utilize flaws.

21. “Ideal Body Images”
These “attractive”
young are shown
to make products
appealing.

22. “Ideal Body Images”
This ad states by depiction that
“attractive” women are thin.

23. How does the media
influence young women?
#3: The Media is everywhere.

24. New technology allows the media to be
everywhere.

25. The increased presence of
media makes it hard to escape
the media’s negative
messages.
Increase in Smartphone Sales:

26. Being overwhelmed by
negative messages has been
proven to increase the
likelihood of developing body
dissatisfaction and possibly an
eating disorder.

27. When researchers showed college aged
women only 10 minutes of footage
displaying thinness as an ideal trait, the
women expressed “higher rates of
depression, anger, weight dissatisfaction,
and overall appearance dissatisfaction.”

28. With the media’s increased
presence, you may think that this
problem will never end…

29. With the media’s increased
presence, you may think that this
problem will never end…
With your help it
can!

30. One in 10
American women struggle with some form of body
dissatisfaction.

31. One in 10
American women struggle with some form of body
dissatisfaction.
This means that you likely know a
woman who is hurting.

32. Help them by spreading
awareness about the media’s
negative messages and lies.

33. Help them by spreading
awareness about the media’s
negative messages and lies.
Encourage them and
support healthy life
choices.

34. No one should ever say any
of the following statements:

35. No one should ever say any
of the following statements:
“Magazine articles are an important
source of information about fashion
and being attractive.”
“I’ve felt pressure form TV
and magazines to lose
weight.”

36. “Magazine articles are an important
source of information about fashion
and being attractive.”
No one should ever say any
of the following statements:
“I’ve felt pressure form TV
and magazines to lose
weight.”
“I would like my body to
look like the people who
are on TV.”

37. Lives are precious and life is too short

38. Lives are precious and life is too short
for anyone to battle feelings of
body dissatisfaction

39. Lives are precious and life is
too short
for anyone to battle feelings of
body dissatisfaction
or an eating disorder because
he or she does not meet the
media’s standards.

40. Shouldn’t everyone be able to
watch T.V., read a magazine, or
check Facebook and not feel
dissatisfied with his or her body
afterwards?

41. References
Slide7: Beresin, E. V., & Derenne, J. L. (2006). Body image, media, and eating disorders.
Academic Psychiatry, 30, 257-261. Retrieved from http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/
article.aspx?articleid=50181
Slide 9: Going to extremes: Eating disorders. (n.d.) CNN Health. Retrieved from http://
www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/health/infographic.eating.disorders/index.htm
Slide 10: DSM IV. (2005). Collins Dictionary of Medicine. Retrieved from http://
www.credoreference.com/entry/collinsmed/dsm_iv
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body image disturbance and eating disorders: We’ve reviled them, now can we
rehabilitate them? Journal of Social Issues, 55(2), 339-353. Retrieved from http://
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42. Slides 30,31: Going to extremes: Eating disorders. (n.d.) CNN Health. Retrieved from
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/health/infographic.eating.disorders/
index.htm
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Created by McKenna Bireley 4/25/13