Source 1: Grabe, Shelly. "Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image." Medical News Today. MediLexicon International, 13 May 2008. Web. 06 May 2014.
Source 2: Beischl, Christina. "Béyonce on Body Image and the Media's Influence on Female Self-Worth." Love Letters to Ken. Love Letters to Ken, 02 May 2014. Web. 06 May 2014.
Source 3: http://www.celebzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/heidi-klum-at-new-beauty-magazine_2.jpg (image)
Discussion: OBAMASELF I AM A LONER
Today's media has a great impact over how women perceive beauty. Even though most everyone knows that models are often photoshopped in order to achieve perfection, women strive for "the perfect figure" according to the media and society. As seen on the image cited above, Heidi Klum is modeling "the facelift of the future," as well as other methods or products used to achieve today's definition of beauty by the media. Because Heidi Klum, a former supermodel, speaks for such products and methods, they are more likely to be used in order to be as beautiful as her. A postdoctoral researcher had teamed up to perform a study with a psychologist, claiming that they've "demonstrated that it doesn't matter what the exposure is, whether it's general TV watching in the evening, or in magazines, or ads showing on the computer. If the image is appearance focused and sends a clear message about a women's body as an object, then it's going to affect women... The media's effect of how much they internalize the thin ideal is getting stronger." Very recently, Béyonce released a music video covering the struggles of today's women trying to achieve the modern definition of beauty. She speaks about media impact behind the scenes, saying that it breaks her heart to see what today's women, even the youth, have to go through in order to feel good about their appearances.
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