Download Jung Yeon Soo Jung ENGL 102 Analysis Essay April 25, 2016

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Yeon Soo Jung
ENGL 102
Analysis Essay
April 25, 2016
Outline and Analysis Essay
Article:
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“Body Image, Media, and Eating Disorders” by: Jennifer L. Derenne, M.D.,
Eugene V. Beresin, M.D.
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. "Women's Exposure to Thin-and-beautiful Media Images: Body Image Effects
of Media-ideal Internalization and Impact-reduction Interventions." By:
Yamamia, Yuko
a) Role of family in constructing a mean for body image
1. How parents can help the kids to prevent obesity or depression
2. Ideal body image being influenced by the husbands expectation
3. Family Survival plans in colonial times setting the “ideal body image”
b) Role of media in the creation of “standard body image”
1. Representation of the ideal image for women and men
2. Advertising solutions that can have negative health influences
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c) Government and it’s influences on the well being of citizens and creating the
image of “ideal man or women”
1. School Programs
2. Educating families about possible positive actions in order to prevent
obesity and depression
d) Influences of famous public figures on spreading the “standard body image”
1. Kate Moss
2. Barbie dolls
3. Jamie Lee Curtis
4. Pamela Anderson and the soccer starts
e) Solutions in order to help enhance the health status of society and create better
image of “standard body image” for everyone
1. Enhancing school programs
2. Educating families
3. Directing the media in the right way
The article that I was focusing on for my research analysis essay presents a
different variety of roles that family can play in order to set a mean for a good body
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image or help the young generation to fight obesity or depression. The first role that the
article presents and in my opinion is pretty crucial for the correct growth of youth is the
fact that family and parents in particular can help kids to fight obesity and depression. In
fact representing the idea that if parents set a specific limited time for watching TV
during the day is a brilliant idea. Kids can use their time to find other activities, involve
in outdoor programs, play sport with their friends or make new friends. When friends and
family start having a more profound meaning in the kid’s life, it all can result in better
social skills, feeling of satisfaction and happiness and the lower rate of depression for the
whole nation as a block. The other reason why family is an important foundation for
setting the “ideal body image” is the influence and expectation that a husband in
relationship can have on his wife. By using the example that women of specific financial
level in 19th century was expected to have a short waist in order to find a husband on the
same financial level as her, portrays the fact that the opinion of men about “the ideal
body image” is the factor that would set ground rules and standards for women to follow
even though in a lot of cases it would cause serious injuries for women to make their
waists look smaller. Another example of the role of family in setting the standard can be
the fact that during the colonial times, women was expected to be tough and strong as it
was understood as means and features of survival. The fragile standard body of today
would be a bad feature for a women of colonial times to have and that shows how the
standards have shit from time to time and adapted to the ruling environment.
The other major frame that is really active on setting a lot of standards for the
image of women is media. Since the creation of the media broadcast, even though it is led
by a specific group of people, it has been one of the major sources for women to copy
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and imitate. Young or old women perceive every influential representation of women in
media in several different ways and that makes women to feel the necessity of following
the trend in order to prevent being criticized by the public. That is one of the major
causes for the high reported rate of women feeling unsatisfied with their own body. When
the media is setting the ground rules of beauty on size zero, anyone outside of that safe
zone will feel unsatisfied and that can cause serious mental injuries or depression. On the
other hand, when the media creates an image, it advertises the routes to that image too.
Advertising the variety of muscle builders and weight loss compounds are one of the
examples for that. In fact I believe the media is creating a chain of business by misusing
their power to set a hard trend and offering people the high price ways to that standard.
Another communities that set the grounds for “ideal body image” are the influential
and famous people. Individuals like Kate Moss, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pamela Sanderson or
even Barbie Dolls are the factors that can seriously influence the body image of women
as they have always done the same during the history. Some represent the healthy way to
achieve the correct body image and some represent the wrong and unhealthy way of
reaching to the “ideal image” and that is a frame that needs to be perceived in the right
way by society.
Now after all that we discussed about the influential venues that can affect the
Standard body image, we need to figure out ways to fix the issue. As it was
represented in the articles, enhancing the school programs to educate kids about the
correct image can be really influential. In addition to that, families and media can be
two important factors to help the community too. If parents start educating or at
least talking to their kids about the correct ways and media display the right for of
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standard, society will automatically shift to understand the right form and wrong
practices will be forgotten.
Work cirted
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“Yamamia, Yuko. "Women's Exposure to Thin-and-beautiful Media Images:
Body Image Effects of Media-ideal Internalization and Impact-reduction
Interventions." Women's Exposure to Thin-and-beautiful Media Images: Body
Image Effects of Media-ideal Internalization and Impact-reduction Interventions.
Elsevier, Mar. 2005. Web. 25 Apr. 2016. “
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Derenne, Jennifer L., M.D., and Eugene V. Beresin, M.D. "Body Image, Media,
and Eating Disorders." Academic Psychiatry 30.3 (2006): 257-61. Web. 14 Apr.
2016.