Media

                              

        

What is media? In general, "media" refers to diverse means of communication as television, radio, and the newspaper. Also the term can be used as a collective noun for the press or news reporting agencies. “Media”, in the computer world is used as a collective noun, but refers to different types of data storage options. I was looking for information about the media and I found an interesting video that for me reflects the genuine definition of media: 
                              

                                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89_wjcwzfY

Media is a very broad concept, for that reason I decided to talk about the “Media and the Distortion of Body Image”. Studies prove that media can have a negative impact on women’s self image. The television, magazines, movies, and the internet all the time bombard the people with images of how their bodies should be. The big problem is that their version isn't realistic. Those images are arranged  to show the woman very skinny , the models in those images weigh 23% less that the average woman. Unfortunately, millions of teens believe the lies and decide resort to unhealthy measures to try to be like those models.  The media transmit the “thin ideal” in almost every way possible. On the covers of magazines and in advertisements, also on the internet, television shows and movies almost always shown thin and beautiful women. The amount of diet and exercise articles in magazines has been increasing with every new year. The internet provides positive and good  information to people about leading a healthy lifestyle, but it also provides access to harmful websites. Harmful sites that provide advices to those interested in becoming anorexic or bulimic. There are not precautionary measures to stop people from see these sites, so if adolescents see these pages, it could be very detrimental for them. 

 The “thin ideal” in the media is a constant reminder, teens , young women and also men are following this negative body image. The self-esteem and body image are definitely affected by the media; the people compare their body with the media’s perfect body. Then they feel dissatisfied and with shame because not have the beautiful and perfect body that the magazines, the internet and the television shows present to us. Not only the health of the viewers is at risk, also the health of the models because they need to be very skinny and beautiful for the magazines and the television shows, and they are more exposed to suffer eating disorders.  The media have always been present in our lives; we are a lot of hours watching television, using our cell phones and navigating on the internet, for that reason we need to be very careful, because everything we see and hear is not true, an example is the false body image that the media sold to us. We have to come together as a society and change the way we perceive beauty, if not there will be serious physical and mental consequences.

Now, I want to share a video titled: " Body Image Affected by Media"

                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47cbEeSKIZo