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Media obsession with the body takes its toll on teens.
Australasian Business Intelligence, May, 2006
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Byline: Tara Hayes
May 30, 2006 (B&T Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is evidence in Australia that media literacy programs help young people with body image. A researcher from Flinders University in Adelaide educated a total of 540 Year 8 students in Adelaide about how the media manipulates images. This showed the youngsters how the perfect body, as shown via the media, is a manipulated construct not found in reality. This helped the youngsters to see their own bodies in a more accepting way. Some experts believe that media groups must not try to use unreal images of ...
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