2016
Eating disorders: How is media affecting eating disorders in young women? Every day we wake up to a world filled with media. We see advertisements on television, we hear radio ads on our way to school, we look at social media every chance we get, and we are surrounded by promotions on billboards, magazines, and newspapers. How is media affecting eating disorders in young women? Media is one of the many things telling us how we should look, act, talk, and dress. Many believe that media is the leading cause of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorders impact 10% of college aged women. This is obviously a very prominent issue in our society. When looking at causes or solutions for eating disorders we tend to …show more content…
With Richard Perloff’s article. "Social Media Effects On Young Women's Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives And An Agenda For Research." Where he discusses how much young women rely on social media and how it impacts their self-image. This is written with a psychological view point from a university student for other university students. Perloff is biased because he is evaluating social media, trying to depict what it does to young women. What Perloff is claiming is media is contributing to eating disorders in young …show more content…
“We have to be cautious with what ideas we are putting in our youths’ mind because they are so easily influenced” Peters states. Peters uses facts and information he has gathered from meeting and conventions to help empower his opinion. He talks about anorexia nervosa having one of the highest fatality rates of any mental health condition. Peters sates he has seen patients with eating disorders and listened to many speakers who have showed what media is doing to our society on a larger scale. Also on a larger scale peters has seen first had how eating disorders not only affect his clients but those around them.
The article Patel wrote "Parents of Children with Eating Disorders” goes in to depth of how negatively eating disorder affect the families of those who suffer from them. It talks about having to convince parents to take care of themselves so they can better manage their children’s lives and help construct their recoveries. Millions are being affected and they are affecting millions more and it boils down to one cause and three diseases. Like Peters Patel uses an emotional approach through tone and statistics to draw his audience in and help them relate to the issue at
Eating disorders: How is media affecting eating disorders in young women? Every day we wake up to a world filled with media. We see advertisements on television, we hear radio ads on our way to school, we look at social media every chance we get, and we are surrounded by promotions on billboards, magazines, and newspapers. How is media affecting eating disorders in young women? Media is one of the many things telling us how we should look, act, talk, and dress. Many believe that media is the leading cause of eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating disorders impact 10% of college aged women. This is obviously a very prominent issue in our society. When looking at causes or solutions for eating disorders we tend to …show more content…
With Richard Perloff’s article. "Social Media Effects On Young Women's Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Perspectives And An Agenda For Research." Where he discusses how much young women rely on social media and how it impacts their self-image. This is written with a psychological view point from a university student for other university students. Perloff is biased because he is evaluating social media, trying to depict what it does to young women. What Perloff is claiming is media is contributing to eating disorders in young …show more content…
“We have to be cautious with what ideas we are putting in our youths’ mind because they are so easily influenced” Peters states. Peters uses facts and information he has gathered from meeting and conventions to help empower his opinion. He talks about anorexia nervosa having one of the highest fatality rates of any mental health condition. Peters sates he has seen patients with eating disorders and listened to many speakers who have showed what media is doing to our society on a larger scale. Also on a larger scale peters has seen first had how eating disorders not only affect his clients but those around them.
The article Patel wrote "Parents of Children with Eating Disorders” goes in to depth of how negatively eating disorder affect the families of those who suffer from them. It talks about having to convince parents to take care of themselves so they can better manage their children’s lives and help construct their recoveries. Millions are being affected and they are affecting millions more and it boils down to one cause and three diseases. Like Peters Patel uses an emotional approach through tone and statistics to draw his audience in and help them relate to the issue at