Class
Article
College
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Mentor
Mehmet Soyer
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Abstract
The purpose of my study is to look at how media portrays unrealistic expectations/perfectionism of the ideal body for women in the world today and if it could lead to mental illness. The theories that I am going to focus on are: how society has constructed the ideal body through media compared to the real healthy proportions a woman should be at in addition to looking at conflict theory and how there is a conflict between the media/ads with reality and the realistic reality women are facing currently. The methods that I am going to use are: multidimensional perfection scale by Hewitt and Flett which is composed of 45 questions. Each individual reads the question while self reflecting and rating themselves from 1 being disagree to 7 being agree. I am also going to use "Analysis of Covariance" (ANCOVA). My independent variable is the media with the co-variate as the number of hours spent watching TV. My dependent variable is increase of score on the multidimensional perfection/depression scale. My hypothesis states that the more TV consumption one has with the images of the perfect body increase the probability of transitioning into a state of mental illness. From the research that I will collect it will lead me to the findings and conclusion of this study.
Location
Room 154
Start Date
4-12-2018 10:30 AM
End Date
4-12-2018 11:45 AM
Unrealistic Expectations of Women in the Media
Room 154
The purpose of my study is to look at how media portrays unrealistic expectations/perfectionism of the ideal body for women in the world today and if it could lead to mental illness. The theories that I am going to focus on are: how society has constructed the ideal body through media compared to the real healthy proportions a woman should be at in addition to looking at conflict theory and how there is a conflict between the media/ads with reality and the realistic reality women are facing currently. The methods that I am going to use are: multidimensional perfection scale by Hewitt and Flett which is composed of 45 questions. Each individual reads the question while self reflecting and rating themselves from 1 being disagree to 7 being agree. I am also going to use "Analysis of Covariance" (ANCOVA). My independent variable is the media with the co-variate as the number of hours spent watching TV. My dependent variable is increase of score on the multidimensional perfection/depression scale. My hypothesis states that the more TV consumption one has with the images of the perfect body increase the probability of transitioning into a state of mental illness. From the research that I will collect it will lead me to the findings and conclusion of this study.