This research explores the relationships among media consumption, body satisfaction and perception. Correlational and experimental studies typically link exposure to the thin female body shape currently over-represented in the media with increased body dissatisfaction - contrary to this, however, my research demonstrates that women who view thin models perceive their bodies to be thinner (and closer to their ideal figure) than those who viewed control images. Yet, cognitive body dissatisfaction either did not change or increased. To explain this discrepancy, an anchoring explanation was postulated whereby exposure to thin women alters perceptions of their own weight, as well as what weight is "normal". My research suggests that women's perception of, and satisfaction with, their body vary depending on the anchor provided by media images, their perceived similarity to the image and their perception of their relative body size.
This research explores the relationships among media consumption, body satisfaction and perception. Correlational and experimental studies typically link exposure to the thin female body shape currently over-represented in the media with increased body dissatisfaction - contrary to this, however, my research demonstrates that women who view thin models perceive their bodies to be thinner (and closer to their ideal figure) than those who viewed control images. Yet, cognitive body dissatisfaction either did not change or increased. To explain this discrepancy, an anchoring explanation was postulated whereby exposure to thin women alters perceptions of their own weight, as well as what weight is "normal". My research suggests that women's perception of, and satisfaction with, their body vary depending on the anchor provided by media images, their perceived similarity to the image and their perception of their relative body size.
Blaming the media for reproducing and extolling unrealistic female bodies has almost become a popular truism. Even medical opinion notes that the media can influence young women to starve themselves...
Drawing on relevant discussions of embodiment in phenomenology, feminist theory, psychoanalytic theory, queer theory and post-colonial theory, Body Images explores the role played by the body image...
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