Eating Disorders And Media Analysis
Introduction of media, its’ role and the impact caused to eating disorders
According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV, eating disorders are defined as a “collective display of a set of dimensions such as negative emotionality, binge eating, and unhealthy forms of shape and weight management”. Some unhealthy forms of weight management include restrictive dieting, self-induced vomiting after eating and the excessive usage of laxatives. (Levine & Murnen, 2009). Most common types of eating disorders include Anorexia and Bulimia. Subsequently, media is the most common cause of such eating disorders. Media is a crucial role in the lives of many people of varying age groups. Majority choose and apply mass media for various reasons like forms of …show more content…
(2006). Media exposure and the subsequent effects on body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and drive for thinness: A review of the current research. Mind Matters: The Wesleyan Journal of Psychology, 1, 57-71.
• Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2007). Media and the American child. Burlington, MA: Academic Press.
• Debraganza, Ninoska & Hausenblas, Heather A. (2010). Media exposure of the ideal physique on women's body dissatisfaction and mood: The moderating effects of ethnicity. Journal of Black Studies, 40 (4), 700-716.
• Dittmar Helga. (2009): “How do body perfect" ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behaviors? Factors and processes related to self and identity. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (1), 1-8.
• Health Promotion Board. (n.d.). Retrieved June 12, 2016, from http://www.hpb.gov.sg/HOPPortal/programmes-article/3088 • Morris, Anne.M., and Debra K. Katzman. (2003).The impact of the media on eating
• Neff, J. (2004). In Dove ads, normal is the new beautiful. Advertising Age,27.
• R. T. (2013, October 13). More youngsters diagnosed with eating disorders. Retrieved from
According to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual-IV, eating disorders are defined as a “collective display of a set of dimensions such as negative emotionality, binge eating, and unhealthy forms of shape and weight management”. Some unhealthy forms of weight management include restrictive dieting, self-induced vomiting after eating and the excessive usage of laxatives. (Levine & Murnen, 2009). Most common types of eating disorders include Anorexia and Bulimia. Subsequently, media is the most common cause of such eating disorders. Media is a crucial role in the lives of many people of varying age groups. Majority choose and apply mass media for various reasons like forms of …show more content…
(2006). Media exposure and the subsequent effects on body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and drive for thinness: A review of the current research. Mind Matters: The Wesleyan Journal of Psychology, 1, 57-71.
• Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (2007). Media and the American child. Burlington, MA: Academic Press.
• Debraganza, Ninoska & Hausenblas, Heather A. (2010). Media exposure of the ideal physique on women's body dissatisfaction and mood: The moderating effects of ethnicity. Journal of Black Studies, 40 (4), 700-716.
• Dittmar Helga. (2009): “How do body perfect" ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behaviors? Factors and processes related to self and identity. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28 (1), 1-8.
• Health Promotion Board. (n.d.). Retrieved June 12, 2016, from http://www.hpb.gov.sg/HOPPortal/programmes-article/3088 • Morris, Anne.M., and Debra K. Katzman. (2003).The impact of the media on eating
• Neff, J. (2004). In Dove ads, normal is the new beautiful. Advertising Age,27.
• R. T. (2013, October 13). More youngsters diagnosed with eating disorders. Retrieved from