Annotated Biblography Essay

Kristen E. Van Vonderen, M. S. , William Kinnally, Ph. D. (2012), Media Effects on Body Image Examining Media Exposure in the Broader Context of Internal and Other Social Factors. Volume 14, Issue 2. 41-57. American Communication Journal. Summary Vonderson and Kinnallys article discusses the influence media has on women today and the way they see themselves. Being overweight has such negative stigmatism to it that women who are considered to be overweigh feel as though they are unlovable or unsuccessful because they dont look like the women in magazines.They touch on the root word of the influence from parents and peers. Parents who comment on their childs physical appearance convey body image norms that could lead to negative association with body shape. In the article they also talk about internal influences such as self-esteem and how, in part, it is a reflection of the opinion others hold of you. Analysis Vonderson and Kinnallys approach to informing us about how women are por trayed in magazines is both informative and surprising.I, myself being a young women was more than aware of the issuing with body image and the media. I personally have thought less of myself after looking through a magazine or watching a movie because of how flimsy and beautiful those women are. But I was not aware of the many causes that influence women into thinking so negatively. Reflection This particular article was actually informative and helpful towards my interrogation paper topic because it was exactly what I am writing about.Going into this project, I thought I knew quite a bit of information on this topic, but now reading these articles I realize that there is much more to the influence media has on women than I had imagined. Gemma Lopez- Guimera, Micheal P. Levine, David Sanchez-Carracedo, Jordi Fauquet. (2010), sour of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behavior in Females A Review of Effects and Processes. Media Psychology, 13387 416. P rint Summary This article reviews research on the effects of television andmagazines on body image and on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors in females. Evidence from different types of studies in the handle of eating disorders, media psychology, health psychology, and mass communication indicates that mass media are an extremely important source of information and reinforcement in relation to the nature of the thin beauty ideal, its importance, and how to attain it. Although considerable research remains to be done, evidence is accumulating that repeated exposure to media and to both direct and indirect (via medias effects on peers, parents, coaches, physicians, etc.) pressures from media to be thin constitute risk factors for body dissatisfaction, concerns over weight and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls and young women. Analysis I gear up this article to be both conceivable and reliable mainly on the fact that its research was conducted professionally. Th e multiple authors of this article are credible because they are head departments of psychology, clinical and health psychology, psychobiology, and methodology of health sciences all from admirable universities all over the world. Reflection This article help shapes the arguments in my research paper.My research paper is on the topic of mass media and its influence on society and with an article that focuses just on the female aspect of it, it will authentically help my arguments. So, J. and Nabi, R. (2013), Reduction of Perceived Social Distance as an Explanation for Medias Influence on Personal chance Perceptions A Test of the Risk Convergence Model. Human Communication Research, 39 317338. Print Summary The aim of this study was to develop the Perceived Parental Media Mediation Scale (PPMMS). in an initial test of this model, 500 undergraduate students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, participated in an experiment.Participants were exposed to entertainment clips that either portrayed a main character who is diagnosed with a sexually communicable disease or thinks he/she might have caught an STD and gets scared of testing for it. Overall, the risk convergence model received solid support from the data, with all paths emergent as significant except for the link between perceived realism and social distance. Reduction of social distance completely mediated the relationship between identification, transportation and personal risk perceptions, thus suggesting social distance as a valid causal mechanism of the process involving the two variables.Analysis This article is credible because studies were conducted at multiple universities such as University of Georgia and UC Santa Barbara by experts in the Department of Communications. I found this article to be non biased ground on the fact that they had conducted numerous experiments and tests on a large number of students and still found that their risk perception was influenced by the media. Re flection I found this article to be very helpful with my research paper, being that it was a rather long article with more than enough information explaining medias influence on personal risk perception.