Must-See TV or ESPN: Entertainment and Sports Media Exposure and Body-Image Distortion in College Women
2004; Oxford University Press; Volume: 54; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2004.tb02610.x
ISSN1460-2466
AutoresKimberly Bissell, Peiqin Zhou,
Tópico(s)Impact of Technology on Adolescents
ResumoMany studies offer clear evidence that exposure to TDP (thinness depicting and promoting) media leads to distorted body-image perceptions in school-age females and college women. This study investigated women's exposure to two types of media—entertainment and sports media—and looked for possible associations with body-image distortion and eating disorders. College women were surveyed in the fall of 2001 and asked to report exposure to 40 programs airing on prime-time networks and report exposure to specific men's and women's sports. Exposure to “thin-ideal” television was a significant predictor of four dimensions of disordered eating for women of all races. However, women's exposure to sports media was not a significant predictor of lower degrees of disordered eating.
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