For decades the media has been influencing people of all ages. Everything from television to magazines to movies effects the way that people dress and look. Because people refer to the media for the newest fashions and latest styles, people are constantly being manipulated on appearance because of the media. For instance, in teen magazines such as seventeen and cosmo girl, writers incorporate pictures of the newest styles and how teens should dress for certain times of the year or events.
Celebrities in Hollywood have excessive amounts of money and people constantly working on their appearance for them. In my opinion, what the average person doesn't understand is that these celebrities have the extra money to always get their hair and makeup done, to have personal stylists make them look glamorous, and hire plastic surgeons to make them appear younger and "beautiful."
Magazines additionally have pages with the titles such as "best beach bodies" and the bodies that aren't a perfect ten are looked down upon. Who makes the decision of what is a perfect body? The media. If people only judged their own bodies based the on the realistic people around them I think that everyone would be less self conscious. People would then not refer to the media to judge their appearance. As you can realize the media influences the way many people think and feel about their body image.
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