Week 9 Finally Summary

· Total number of articles : 38
Total positive: 20
Total negative: 10
Total neutral: 8
13 editorials and columns vs. 25 news stories

The impact that public relation played in the overall of the my topic over nine week period is that it promoted the idea that the main reason causes eating disorders among young adults is the influence of the media. As we can see that in these days, news and TV entertainment are full of the reports about young, thin Hollywood actresses who might be anorexic or bulimic. Even in TV commercials, bill boards on high way, magazines are promoted the idea of beauty. In editorials, columns and news articles, they show stories, facts and statistics on how media plays very important role in creating eating disorders among young teen girls. I think public relation efforts and key messages had the most influence on how they provided evidences, statistics and stories on how media has an impact on young girls.

I found an interesting experiment, conduct by Cusumano & Thompson, to find the link between media images and personal own images. There were two groups of people. The first group in this experiment watched 10 minute tapes of commercials that emphasize society’s view of beauty. Another group didn’t watch the commercials that emphasize beauty. The result was that the first group that watched beauty ads did not feel great about their bodies, on the other hand, those exposed to other ads felt more satisfied with their bodies. Many young women aspire to have bodies like those models in magazines or TV commercials. I think they may feel less secure with themselves when they are subjected to those beautiful models.

The proponents are more successful in getting their message across because they were more support on how the media impact on the perception of young girls. As we can see from many teen magazines, they all supported the same idea of skinny is beauty. On the other hand, opponents were less successful in getting their messages across because I did not see lot of news articles, columns or editorials that promotes the ideas of genetic, social factors are the main reason of eating disorders. I pretty much found that the main reason that causes eating disorders is media. I think there were not any clear cut cases of reporter bias in any of news stories because news articles present the factual information about the topic, no opinion or conclusion are included. Most of news articles that I found have evidences and statistics to support their messages. As a public relation counselor, I will propose to address an apparent bias that was not my favor by telling that there is a bias and I may provide more information on the other side as well but try to be as neutral as I can.

Week 6 Media Clip

Week 6 Media clip:

5 numbers of Stories

3 articles and 2 Columns

3 Positive and 2 Negative

In the present day, many teenagers consume too much information from mass media, including television, magazines, news and the internet. The mass media plays a very important role in promoting eating disorders among young girls. As we can see, Supermodels or Hollywood movie stars in popular magazines or in the commercials continue to be thinner and thinner. The average model weights 25 percent less than the typical women and maintains a weight about 15 to 20 percent below the healthy weight for her age and height (NIMH 2008). The average American models are 5’11” and weight only 117 pounds, whereas the average American women are 5’4” and 140 pounds (Mental Health matter 2001). We can see that many supermodels and Hollywood movie stars are very thin or have pencil-shaped bodies, such as Nicole Richie, Brittany Snow or Allegra Versace. This group of people can be the inspiration to young girls. Many young girls want to look like their favorite stars; therefore, these young girls will create eating disorder behavior in order to be thin like their favorite models or favorite stars. The key message for these positive slant is that media is the main causes of eating disorders.

Some people believe that the media is not the big issue for eating disorders. They believe that biological organs & genetic factors and societal factors are the main issue for eating disorders. Genetic and Hormonal factors are believed to play a main role for creating eating disorders. People with eating disorders are believed to have genetic problem lead to the illness. Individuals who have a family history of depression, alcohol abuse, obesity or eating disorders have a higher chance for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There is a relationship between the eating behavior, such as dieting or starvation, and the nervous and hormone system. The feeling of hunger, craving and fullness are controlled by the brain and also involved a number of digestive hormones (NIMH 2008, 4) the key message is that there are other factors that cause eating disorders, such as biological organ, genetic factors or societal factors.

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Week 4 Media clip

# 7 of stories
#5 of news articles vs. # 2 of columns/editorials
#6 positive, # 1 negative

For this week news articles, columns and editorials. I have found that most of them were talking about the media that is the main cause of eating disorders. I'll summarize of what I have read from news articles and editorials from this week.

The media provides the idea that people who look thin are beautiful, smart and successful. As we can see that there are many movies, commercials, printed ads or even the bill board on the highway. The frequency of reading magazines and watching TV has a positive association with the idea of losing weight or improving body shape. Even though some girls already had a healthy, normal weight, they still saw themselves as big and fat girls. Moreover, girls who have eating disorders in early adolescence use particular media to learn how to become thinner and more attractive. Some of them use media to identify models and television characters who have body shapes they admire. In addition, a media provides basics of social comparison, which may serves the motivation to lose weight.

For the Column: this information was about one girl, Jennifer Shortis who got suffered from and eating disorder since age 15. She had developed anorexia . She is now 24. She weighs 76 pounds and is still struggling to regain a normal weight. Editorial: Does Hollywood "Cause" Eating disorders? In 1983, the death of anorexic pop singer Karen Carpenter first alerted the American public to the dangerous of eating disorders but today many celebrities and their eating disorders are topics for Hollywood gossip news, TV shows and online blogs.

The different between news articles, column and editorials. News articles : present the factual information about the topic, no opinion or conclusion are included. Editorial: editorial takes a position on an issue. there are fact and opinion. The writer often take a side on what they think or believe. Columns: it is about the opinion or experience in the topic. It allow in dept information but not need to provide both side of the topic.

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Hollywood with Eating disorder

Mass media can causes Eating Disorders

Many young girls consume too much information from mass media, including television, magazines,news and the Internet. According to the article, “The Relationship Between Media Consumption and Eating Disorders,” Harrison claim that “The mass media may operate as important influences on disordered eating through their impact on value, norms and aesthetic standard embraced by modern U.S. Society”. This quotation shows that the mass media plays a very important role in promoting eating disorders among American people though values, norms and aesthetic standards embraced. Women between the ages of 18 and 30 rated personal body shape alongside with those of [self-selected] of their favored celebrities . From the media, they provide the idea that people who look thin are beautiful, smart and successful. As we can see that there are many movies, commercials, printed ads or even the billboard on the high way. In the media, people who are good-looking and slim are always a good and successful people, whereas people who have an overweight body or wear loose clothes are considered as lazy with no friends. The media always promote unhealthy ideas about how thin girls need to be to be considered beautiful and successful. Thinness has become an association with success and beauty. As a consequence, these ideas create the wrong perception among teenagers. It is not necessary to have a great body to be successful and have everyone love you.

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Eating disorder and the media

What is Eating Disorder?

An eating disorder is a compulsion to eat, or avoid eating, that negatively affects both one’s physical and mental health. Eating disorders are all encompassing. They affect every part of the person’s life. Eating disorders appear when a person experience server disturbances in her eating behaviors. For example,she, a person who has eating disorders, extremely reduces food intake or they are worried too much about body weight or shape.

The victims of eating disorders are obsessed with food and fear of getting fat. Eating disorders are considered serious mental illnesses. Eating disorders cause problems to people's health and cost a lot to society. Not only do many people die from eating disorders, but also, many of them need to spend much money for their health care service. People who have eating disorders are suffering from many other physical health complications, such as heart conditions or kidney failure, which can lead to death. Moreover, eating disorders can cause people to commit suicide

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Eating Disorders :

Number of Articles between Week of Jan, 7th - 14th


Number of Articles: 15



Positive Articles: 90%



Negative Articles: 10%

Reason why I choose this topic:

In these day, News and TV entertainment are full of reports about young, thin Hollywood actresses who might be anorexic and bulimic. Many teenagers watch and emulate their admired actresses. I think an eating disorder is considered as an extreme problem among adults, especially females.

I choose this topic because I realize that an eating disorder is very near you. So, I want know find some good information about Eating Disorders, like how it creates,what are diseases that involve with eating disorders, what are the symptom and how to protect and deal with those who already have eating disorders.

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