Thesis Statement On Body Image

Summary of the research question and outcome

The final question my research project was based around was inspired by an article I read. It explained that a new generation of teens were being brainwashed by social expectations, this spurred many underlying questions: “what effect does the media have on teens?” were these affects short term? or can they possibly follow teenagers into later life? does age, gender, location affect how they see themselves and what can the parents of today do to shape a healthy body image for their teens? By conducting surveys I was able to conclude that teenagers today were obsessed with body image, to try and change how teens see themselves is a near impossible task, but one of the main influences on a teens life is their parents, and as one of the major points of my research I …show more content…
I have developed skills through researching and refining to make sure that the chosen research question was accurate and had enough research surrounding it to make a solid argument. As parents grow more concerned about their children, mental health of young adults is a growing epidemic, and as a result there were thousands of research papers, articles, and and statistics, all of which would be extremely useful if my research question was going to be mainly about the wellbeing of teenagers. After reviewing and analysing 3 articles I decided that the base for my research question would be the media and body image, and how exactly this can affect the everyday teenager. Justifying this decision with the other research that was read was easy, as the general mental health concerns about how teenagers view themselves was the underlying base of previous research. An example of this was evident in several articles published by