When you get home at night from a long day of school or work, you sit down and turn on the television and you cycle through the stations trying to find ¡§THE SHOW¡¨ to watch. As you cycle through you witness something that you may not realize effect millions of people around the world. The problem isn¡¦t having trouble finding something suited to your liking and the mood you are in¡Kbut the problem that I am going to describe effects guys and girls all over the world. It¡¦s not watching MTV¡¦s Real World or Grey¡¦s Anatomy, but it¡¦s the image that their characters portray.
How does the media portray the characters of your favorite television show? When you take a closer look at how the media portrays the famous you start to see a definite trend.
In this paper I will walk through five different articles that will open your eyes to the truth about how the mass media has a controlling effect and a lasting impression in the minds of many. Along with the misconception that thin or having the perfect body is to be expected because of the mass media.
Article #1
The influence of the media on eating disorders
When I think about how the media effect the way we perceive ourselves I think about how things were when my parents were just young kids. Who influenced the way people thought about themselves? The first woman that comes to my mind along with many others would be Marilyn Monroe. For her time she was the perfect woman. Beautiful facial features, great healthy body¡KPerfect! It started then. The mass media has kept a lasting image of a voluptuous beautifully curved woman in our heads until recent times where a thinner ¡§waif-like¡¨ look of Kate Moss in the late 80¡¦s (Blackwell science).
Times have c ...