Secondly, one of the affects that the media has on teenagers includes eating disorders. Anorexia is an eating disorder developed with adolescents who are faced with “perfect” models through the media and magazines. Teenagers often find unhealthy solutions to slim down their body and will go to the extremes such as anorexia (Slater & Tiggemann, 2015, p. 1). These teenagers think that turning to solutions like these will do their bodies well when they do not see the bad effects it has on their body. Anorexia in teenagers is an unhealthy eating pattern that involves self-starvation because they are afraid of gaining weight. Anorexia develops because of the media’s influence. Bulimia is another tactic that is being taken on by adolescents. They
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Ethnic backgrounds are seen to play a role in body appearance. It is a major problem with Caucasian people. They feel as if they have higher standards to maintain. Hispanics and African Americans have lower rates in eating disorders because they feel more comfortable with their bodies and feel no need to impress the society’s ego (McCabe, M. P., et. al., 2005, p. 116). Views of each other and the way teenagers look at themselves has been influenced since they were young children. The reason for this being is that children see the television advertisements with young slim models. As children grow up they see these young people more and want to be just like them because they start to believe that they are role models. The media is a false advertisement; they show images of people that have been professionally altered. These businesses like to use software like Photoshop to make the models look “perfect” with their flawless skin and hair. Since teenagers do not like to accept that the models on the television and in magazines have been altered, they believe that they have to look like them in order to be accepted and look “perfect” in society. Adolescents are also told that they are supposed to look feminine and any distinct features will not be acceptable for example, muscle growth is absurd. We are growing up in an environment that thinks that every single person needs to look the same. Boys are suppose be seen as more built, but at the same time not too big, while girls are not supposed to have muscles. When females are built like males, it is not seen as feministic. (McCabe, M. P., et. al., 2005, p.
Ethnic backgrounds are seen to play a role in body appearance. It is a major problem with Caucasian people. They feel as if they have higher standards to maintain. Hispanics and African Americans have lower rates in eating disorders because they feel more comfortable with their bodies and feel no need to impress the society’s ego (McCabe, M. P., et. al., 2005, p. 116). Views of each other and the way teenagers look at themselves has been influenced since they were young children. The reason for this being is that children see the television advertisements with young slim models. As children grow up they see these young people more and want to be just like them because they start to believe that they are role models. The media is a false advertisement; they show images of people that have been professionally altered. These businesses like to use software like Photoshop to make the models look “perfect” with their flawless skin and hair. Since teenagers do not like to accept that the models on the television and in magazines have been altered, they believe that they have to look like them in order to be accepted and look “perfect” in society. Adolescents are also told that they are supposed to look feminine and any distinct features will not be acceptable for example, muscle growth is absurd. We are growing up in an environment that thinks that every single person needs to look the same. Boys are suppose be seen as more built, but at the same time not too big, while girls are not supposed to have muscles. When females are built like males, it is not seen as feministic. (McCabe, M. P., et. al., 2005, p.