Senior Project Online Source Due February 16, 2011 (2)

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	The Media Assault on Male Body Image
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	SEED
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	seedmagazine
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	Seed Media Group LLC
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	15 September 2006
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	16 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_media_assault_on_male_body_image/

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

For a long time the media has been making women feel like crap, "But over the past two decades, the gender gap in media objectification has closed. Every bit as unattainable as Barbie-doll proportions and the heroin chic look are the broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, fat-free, and muscle-sheathed male physiques littering today’s media" (SEED).

When it comes to men their size and shape are not the only thing they worry about, "There’s also the so-called “real body”: hair, sweat, blemishes, smells—all the characteristics that are noticeably absent or can’t be fully conveyed in a picture or on a screen" (SEED).

The media does not only make men feel self conscious but also, " but that such discomfort leads to sexual problems and risky behaviors" (Schooler and Ward).

When men are grossed out with themselves and are in an intimate situation they resort to unprotected sex, "Schooler isn’t sure exactly how being grossed out by your back hair translates into unprotected sex. She hypothesizes that men, when ashamed, detach emotionally and mentally from sexual situations—they aren’t attentive to their partner’s needs or open with their own. She adds that they are more likely to be careless. Such behaviors have been observed in women who are uncomfortable with their bodies" (Schooler).

According to Ferraro came to a conclusion that, "a negative body image makes people unhappy, leading them to be alternatively less likely to speak up for themselves when pressured and more likely to take risks as a way of impressing others" (Ferraro).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 
This source talks about it's not only women that have been uncomfortable with themselves due to the media. For a couple decades now men have worried about their "real body" image, which is mainly about body hair, sweat, etc. They see in the media that the men dont deal with that and it makes them self conscious. 

Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 


The author was not given but it has references of people from universities. The purpose of the site is to get the readers aware of "real body" image and how it should not affect men. Seed magazine funds the site. 

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 


The site does not have anything to benefit from this other than helping men feel better about themselves, it is mainly an informative piece.  

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


I do detect a somewhat bias in the author's writing because they only talk about how men want to be like the men in the media. 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 
The site does cite references in the writing and it does add to the credibility because they are references of people who have done studies on this subject. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 



I plan to use this source to help me because the sources I have been finding are mainly about women and I have not been finding any about men and how they can be affected by the media. 

Senior Project Online Source Due February 16, 2011 (1)

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Body Image, Media, and Eating Disorders
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Jennifer L. Derenne; Eugene V. Beresin
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Academic Psychiatry
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	American Psychiatric Association
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	1 May 2006
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	13 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: <http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=50181

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

A major public health problem today are eating disorders, "Throughout history, body image has been determined by various factors, including politics and media. Exposure to mass media (television, movies, magazines, Internet  is correlated with obesity and negative body image, which may lead to disordered eating. The authors attempt to explain the historical context of the problem and explore potential avenues for change" (Derenne and Beresin).

Adults and children do not exercise or eat healthy,  instead they just sit, chat with friends, watch tv, and eat unhealthy foods, "Our nation’s health has reached a point of crisis. According to the American Obesity Association, 65% of adults and 30% of children are overweight, and 30% of adults and 15% of children meet the criteria for obesity" (American Obesity Association).

The 19th century was when the slim waist began to be what was considered desirable, "Indeed, much emphasis was placed on female fragility, which then made a woman a more attractive candidate for marriage. ... Women of significant financial means would go as far as having ribs removed to further decrease their waist size. Despite being painful and causing health problems, such as shortness of breath (which could lead to pneumonia) and dislocated visceral organs, corsets became the height of fashion" (Thesander M.).

Women have been told that they can and should have it all, they are expected to be a good wife, maintain a good job, keep a clean home and eventually be an amazing mother as well, and while all that is happening they are expected to look like "voluptuous Baywatch babe personified by Pamela Anderson... Though it is highly unlikely for a rail-thin woman to have natural DD-cup size breasts, toy manufacturers set this expectation by developing and marketing the Barbie doll, whose measurements are physiologically impossible" (Brownell).

Non celebrities are not the only people that go through hell trying to look "perfect", Celebrities are no less susceptible to eating disorders than the rest of the population. Mary-Kate Olsen was hospitalized with anorexia nervosa, and the weekly gossip magazines have speculated consistently about the health of Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie" (Derenne and Beresin).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 


This article brings out many facts about how eating disorders can be caused by the media and how unhealthy our society has become. It lets parents know how they can help be a part of the solution for obesity and the insecurities of their children. 
Credibility of Source: 
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site? 

The authors are  Jennifer L. Derenne; Eugene V. Beresin. They have majored in psychiatry. The purpose of this site is to inform their readers about the horrors of our unhealthy society. Academic Psychiatry funds this site. 
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Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business? 


This site does not have anything to gain other than helping people over come their problems and insecurities with themselves 

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 


It may be a little bias because I did notice the authors  bring up the opposite side on how it can be our own fault pretty much it is the medias fault. 
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 


The author cites MANY references in their writing and it adds a lot of credibility because the references are from people with MD's and are reliable resources.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 
I will use this source by writing about how unhealthy our society has become and what we could do to solve that problem 

Senior Project Online Source Due February 9, 2012 (2)

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Photoshopping: Altering Images and Our Minds!
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	Beauty Redefined
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Beauty Redefined
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	KiTE media
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	30 November 2011
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	7 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: < http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.beautyredefined.net/photoshopping-altering-images-and-our-minds/

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

Photoshop has become a big problem and people don't know big of an issue this really is. These altering images manipulate unrealistic ideals, "While the vast majority of images of women are being digitally altered, so are our perceptions of normal, healthy, beautiful and attainable" (Beauty Redefined).

The medias main way to work is to use underweight models or close to underweight or using photoshop to make them look abnormally thin, "Essentially, 'the feminine ideal is tanned, healthy slenderness, with no unsightly bumps, bulges or cellulite, and bodily and facial perfection that results from hours of labor: exercise, makeup and hair care' (Coward, 1985) " (Beauty Redefined).

Magazines dramatically alter woman to a point where they do not even look like themselves anymore, one example would be Kelly Clarkson's magazine cover, "It’s hard to believe anyone’s “personal best” is a fake representation of herself. They’ll plaster “body confidence!” all over the magazine and quote Kelly talking about her own real body confidence, but they refuse to show us her actual body" (Beauty Redefined).

That was only one example that many people have noticed but in reality the photo altering is everywhere, magazines, billboards, television, etc. because all of these altered woman are everywhere, "those images form a new standard for not just “beautiful,” but also “average” and “healthy” in our minds. When women compare themselves to a standard of beautiful, average and healthy that simply doesn’t exist in real life, the battle for healthy body image is already lost" (Beauty Redefined).

Due to all of the manipulating the, " representations of women’s bodies across the media spectrum have shrunk dramatically in the last three decades, rates of eating disorders have skyrocketed – tripling for college-age women from the late ‘80s to 1993 and rising since then to 4% suffering with bulimia (National Eating Disorder Association, 2010).'" (Beauty Redefined).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

This article puts out that the media uses photoshop to transform a normal looking woman into an extravagant unrealistic person. As a result of these manipulated women, other women strive to be them by resorting to eating disorders, plastic surgery, etc. Women want to be them and men want someone like them. The article helps the readers realize that the women they see in the magazines are not real.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The purpose of this site is to expose the media of their true intentions and show the readers what they really do. Beauty Redefined funds this site.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?

From what I read I don't think they have anything to gain from writing this. It is more of an informative site. It is informing its readers how the media transforms photographs.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
Yes there is a little bias. in the fact that on the negative effects of how the media manipulates people in how people should look to be beautiful.



References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
Yes the author does cite a couple references in the writing. It adds credibility to the article. 




Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source as evidence to how the media manipulates the people's minds as to how they should look. Also how the media transforms photos and the end result can come out not even looking like the person at all. I want to use this to help prove to people that even the people in the magazines don't look like that so they should be happy with themselves.

Senior Project Online Source Due February 9 (1)

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”  Ex: “Twilight: A negative influence on teens or just harmless fun?”	Body Image
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc) Ex: POV	no author available
Title of the Entire Website (not www. )  Ex: CBC News	Our Bodies Ourselves
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given) Ex: CBC	Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc.
Date Page was Last Revised Ex: 10 September 2010	2011
Date You Read It Ex: 21 January 2012	February 2,2012
<URL address> (ALL of it) Ex: < http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2010/09/twilight-is-a-negative-influence-on-teens-or-just-harmless-fun.html>	http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/excerpt.asp?id=2

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: The article cites Maria Nikolajeva, a professor of at Cambridge, as saying that Bella does not "in any way promote independent thinking or personal development" in women, instead portraying a woman "meek and willing to do anything for her vampire boyfriend" (POV).

Our present day culture has been driven by the media but the sad truth is that the media lies, female bodies are "airbrushed and plastic-surgery-enhanced. It’s not surprising that... our views of what women should look like are warped.19 Real women with pubic hair and breasts that aren’t perfect round orbs begin to seem unnatural compared to the altered images we see in the media," (Our Bodies Ourselves).

Before the media was even invented, before the camera, the "idea of beauty was limited to our own communites. Until the advent of photography in 1839, people were not exposed to real-life images of faces and bodies" (Our Bodies Ourselves).

The media in the olden days did not really broaden their horizons on who was in front the camera, "Most of the women we see in the media are young and white. Hollywood movies rarely feature women over forty, and the older women we do see represented in the media, from movie stars to news anchors and even politicians, look much younger, thanks to plastic surgery" (Our Bodies Ourselves). These woman needed to look flawless especially if they were over forty. If the woman that were in the public eye did not look perfect people would look at them as if they are "letting themselves go".

It is very sad to say that the media even affects the women with disabilities as well. They have been brought down to a needy victim and need assistance/ protection, " Because women with bodies that are disabled, fat, or old are seen as deviating from what is "normal" and desirable, we are often presented as stereotypes, rather than as real people" (Our Bodies Ourselves).

"The media eye, in its many different forms, objectifies all of us" (Our Bodies Ourselves). The media has gotten us to instead of us enjoying what is going on around us we think about how we look while we are doing something, an example would be when you are running, instead of thinking about how good you feel about running you think about how you look like in other people's eyes.

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):


This article talks about how no one is perfect but they have to look perfect. So to make them perfect women get plastic surgery or have their photos enhanced. In the article it says how most woman that are used in the media are young white women. For the rest of the women like the colored, old looking, and disabled, they are shown as not normal. 


Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?


The author is not given for this article. The purpose of this site is to help women understand that the perfect bodies and faces that are shown on tv, magazines, etc. are not really perfect. It is okay for a woman to have flaws. You not thinking about these little things will make you happier. Our Bodies Ourselves funds this site. 




Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?


The other does not really have anything to gain from this site other than making women happier with their lives and stop making them worry so much about the other women around them. 


Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?


I do detect the article being a little bias yes, because it only talks about how the women used in the media are so perfect and they get plastic surgery to look like that. 


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The site does use a few quotes from women talking about how they feel about the media and how it has affected them in their lives. 


Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?


I plan to use this source to help me get it clearer for people to understand that no one is really perfect and we do not have to look like the people in the media. We should be happy with ourselves and how we are and enjoy every minute of it or it is possible to cause problems in your lives.