The Media and Body Image; If Looks Could Kill

The Media and Body Image draws together literature from sociology, gender studies, and psychology;Â brings together new empirical work on both media representations and audience responses; andÂ offers a broad discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultural change, gender politics, and self-identity.

Could Looks Kill?

1

(12)

Body shape ideals

2

(1)

Locating a source of blame

3

(2)

Gender and body image

5

(1)

Cultural standards of beauty

6

(3)

About the book

9

(4)

Part One Media Representations

13

(122)

Dying to be Thin

13

(23)

Dying to be thin: transcending the body

14

(2)

Hysterical women

16

(3)

Anorexia nervosa

19

(2)

Fasting girls: modern psycho-medical approaches

21

(6)

Thin is a feminist issue

27

(3)

Diet and discourse

30

(4)

Summary

34

(2)

Body Matters

36

(29)

Ways of seeing women

38

(9)

Selling the body: the making of the modern Ms

47

(6)

Mediated meaning and method

53

(8)

Summary

61

(4)

Print: Selling Sex and Slenderness

65

(35)

`Skinny models send unhealthy message'

68

(6)

`My body and me': women in the newspapers

74

(8)

`You can get rid of cellulite' and `make any man better in bed'

82

(7)

`What boys love about you'; `sexy hair and beauty tips'; `bag a boy by the weekend'

89

(5)

Summary: `Lose 4lb in 48 hours'

94

(6)

Starring Roles: Screening Images

100

(35)

`The egg-timer dieters (or how long it took these celebrity women to lose their unwanted pounds)'

103

(5)

Serial women

108

(10)

Cooking the figures: food on television

118

(3)

Info-thin technology

121

(9)

Summary: Media, mothers and `me'

130

(5)

Part Two From Media Representations to Audience Impact

135

(87)

From Representation to Effects

138

(16)

Theories of media influence

139

(11)

Perceptions of media representations and attributions of influence

150

(3)

Summary

153

(1)

Media Exposure and Body Image Ideals

154

(20)

Prevalence of concerns about body image

156

(2)

Reported media exposure, body self-image and disordered eating

158

(10)

Cultural and ethnicity factors

168

(2)

Confidence in the survey evidence

170

(2)

Summary

172

(2)

Media Causation and Body Image Perceptions

174

(18)

Causal links between exposure to media representations, body self image and disordered eating

174

(7)

Television effects

181

(6)

Confidence in the experimental research evidence

187

(3)

Summary

190

(2)

The Media and Clinical Problems with Body Image

192

(12)

Stereotypes associated with body size

193

(1)

Anorexia nervosa

194

(4)

Bulimia

198

(1)

Body image disturbance and eating disorders

198

(2)

The role of the media

200

(2)

Summary

202

(2)

Conclusion: Body Messages and Body Meanings

204

(18)

Mediated bodies

207

(9)

Audience, interpretation and attitude

216

(3)

Culture, connotation and identity: concluding comments

219

(3)

References

222

(25)

Index

247

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