Media plays an important role and has influence in almost every aspect of a person’s life. Personally in my own life it has both positive and negative effects. One positive effect is that it’s my best source of knowing what’s happening in the world. It’s the best source of finding out what the news is around the world and the weather forecasts. It’s also very helpful on an educationally aspect. There are programs on television which teach children good things about life and help them develop. However there are also negative effects and one negative effect that pops into my head at once is how media views body image. The media shows unrealistic versions of men and women. It’s impossible to achieve but people don’t seem to realize that. For instance
Out of all the reading we read, the one that stood out to me was “Male body image in America” by Lynne Luciano. This reading stood out to me the most because in the society we live in this is the type of things people expect from men. Men would get surgeries, stay in the gym and buy many grooming things to keep up with society spectations of them. In the third paragraph (page 30), Lynne mentions about the four imperatives for men today. The four imperative were that “men must be men”, “second, men must be completive and constantly demonstrating their success”, “third, they must be detached and impassive”, lastly “they must be willing to take risk and confront danger”.
Media, parental and peer influences all play a factor in the way a child perceives or thinks about their body, nevertheless these influences can also teach children to feel comfortable in their body, no matter how they look. Although media is beneficial to society, it can also be harmful to the way somebody thinks of themselves. The cultivation theory states that “An important theoretical perspective in communication, is based on the idea that the views and behaviors of those who spend more time with the media, … internalize and reflect what they have
Media can be a bad and good thing. Most people think of it as a good thing. Now days people can just Google what they don't know. But back in the 1960s no one had phones. Even TV's where hard to get.
The media portrays the average person as flawless, thin, tall, and beautiful. They advertise products that can help a person achieve what they call “perfection.” They slap photos all over the place, on billboards, magazines, and ads, showing us what a “real” person looks like. The media brainwashes us into believing that we need to meet their standards in order to achieve ultimate beauty and should we stray from the path they pave, we will not be considered beautiful. Our society places too much emphasis on our appearances, forcing many to undergo drastic changes to become “beautiful.”
To attract the attention of people news is published in an over the top manner and this questions the ethics of journalism. Media plays destructive role instead of being constructive. The people who reads these kind of news or see violence on television they tend to trust less and assumes the world is dangerous than it is. POSITIVE EFFECTS Media also gives positive effects on people and society. The world has becomes a global village because of the media.
I believe that the use of media can be beneficial in many ways, but you always have to be weary of the negativity media can
The media plays a vital role in shaping our understanding of the world around us, which includes our perceptions of
The media plays a huge role in body image, in social media men and women are expected to look a certain way. Men are expected to be tall and muscular, and the women should be slim, fragile and never be bigger than the men. This is horrifying that
I believe that American culture and media has had a negative impact on our perceptions of body image. In American society now, beautiful qualities are denoted by a skinny figure, large bust and hips, long hair, and a submissive personality. These attributes are unimaginable and have truly caused strife and complications to the other individual self esteem. Women today now stress over trying to obtain and maintain the specified attributes to stay what they believe is beautiful. Many girls become bulimic, anorexic, and or depressed in response to the verbal abuse or pressure that they may experience.
This advertisement MEDIA SMART was found on google. The advertisement talks about body image and the media, how they misrespresent body image. The effect it has on adolescents, how it influences their attitudes and behavior. Adolescent developing unhealthy attitudes towards their body images;because of the social pressure and how the media portrayed body images on magazines and television. Many adolescent suffered from low self-esteem and even hurt themselves because they are unsatisfied with their body image.
Seven out of ten girls believe they are not suitable, appealing, intelligent and/or amiable enough. From the beginning of time to the present day, people of higher influence have caused both males and females alike to look to them for the way their lives should be perceived by others. Today’s media and those conventional lifestyle portray what the “perfect” body should be like. However, these body images constantly change over time. Those who control the media, ranging from people within the government to Hollywood, flood the media with messages that tell people that their way of living is not good enough if they do not mirror this version of perfection.
A good body image creates in a person a positive attitude towards oneself. As people grow older and start to become aware about their appearance, body image becomes one factor that influences their lives. People have different outlook and perception about their body, ranging from extremely negative to very positive. What is regarded to be society's standards may not always correspond to one’s perception of his/her own body. Having a good body image helps an individual improve oneself.
The media creates a negative impact on women. The media portray women as thin, attractive, and sexy. Females struggle with their bodies, because of the mass media and how it depicts women. Due to the media, many women and young teenagers go to the extremes to meet this body image, many leading to health concerns. With that, many women encounter eating disorders, because they want to look like the women shown in the media.
There are many effects of media on society and they are positive as well as negative. Some of them are given below:
Entertainment 4. Advertising 5. Correlation of parts of society Society is impacted by the media in such a variety of ways. It is the media for the masses that assists them with getting data around a great deal of things furthermore to frame suppositions and make judgments in regards to different issues! It is the media, which keeps the general population redesigned and educated about what is occurring around them and the world.