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Individual body satisfaction and perception : the effect of the media's ideal body image on female college students.

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dc.contributor Stone, Sara J.
dc.contributor Baylor University. Dept. of Journalism.
dc.contributor Journalism.
dc.creator Grose, Michelle Leigh.
dc.date 2009-06-02T17:57:54Z
dc.date 2009-06-02T17:57:54Z
dc.date 2009-05
dc.date 2009-06-02T17:57:54Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T12:29:14Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T12:29:14Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5322
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/31744
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-79).
dc.description Throughout history societies have focused on beauty and body shape. Researchers have studied the social and cultural factors that contribute to the formation of an ideal body image. Many researchers agree that western society has created a thin ideal body image. This image is communicated in the mass media. The thin ideal body image is found in beauty and fashion magazines, television programming and on Internet sites. This research sought to determine the correlation between media consumption and body dissatisfaction, as well as the motivation to change one’s body. A survey was conducted on college age women to gather information. In general, this research found moderate correlations between these factors.
dc.description by Michelle Leigh Grose.
dc.description M.A.
dc.format v, 79 p.
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dc.language en_US
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dc.subject Body image in women.
dc.subject Body image in women -- Social aspects.
dc.subject Women in mass media.
dc.subject Mass media -- Influence.
dc.subject Women college students -- Attitudes.
dc.subject Self-perception in women.
dc.subject Identity (Psychology) and mass media.
dc.title Individual body satisfaction and perception : the effect of the media's ideal body image on female college students.
dc.type Thesis


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