KIN 122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Plastic Surgery, Media Literacy, Phycology
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Persuasiveness of media leads to unavoidable exposure to content: billboards, radio, magazines, television, internet, etc. Mass media transmits unrealistic expectations of an ideal body: reflects current values, young, abnormally slender yet toned (for women), slender and increasingly muscular (for men) (cid:862)negati(cid:448)e(cid:863) media i(cid:373)ages. Exposure to ideal media images associated with: decreased self-esteem, muscularity and body satisfaction, increased, negative affect, body-related anxiety, body ssize distortion, dieting and other restrictive eating practices, drive for thinness, social comparisons, body weight and shape dissatisfaction. {you are the teacher of a co-ed grade 9 physical education class. Recently, you have overheard a lot of your students talking about ideal images they see in the media. You have decided to take action and develop a workshop to address this matter, in hopes that this workshop will be included in the grade 9 phys. Images that reject unattainable ideal body image. Images that are not associated with adverse effects (e. g. , body dissatisfaction)
