Magazines like Bliss, Mizz, Cosmo Girl etc
Articles, pictures, personal letters etc
2006-12-04 01:19:29 · 10 answers · asked by sh3lb7 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Magazines
I am doing my literature review for my psychology degree on this very subject. There is a lot of material out there, most of it linking the influence of magazines to the incidence of disordered eating although most suggest the person needs to be susceptible to it (i.e. through having a pre-existing low self esteem or an attentional bias to body image). Try google scholar for relevant articles.
2006-12-04 01:23:17 · answer #1 · answered by AngelWings 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think magazines like Fitness, Shape or Self are more likely to influence eating habits. Those magazines are geared towards physical fitness while the others are more about beauty and fashion.
2006-12-05 02:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that all advertisements affect us. And I agree your going to have a pre-exsisting attitude about it. For instance there is not goint to be much influence about eating at a fast food place if you think it tastes nasty. So virtully everytime you see it the "nasty" thought will come to mind. And if you think your fat when you look at people in those magazines and you should diet by it. Then you probably would do it for "real" people too. People notice things more if the can relate to it or there goal is related. I mean your not really going to do something that wouldn't help you.. or at least see it as a path to your goal.
2006-12-04 05:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Blaman1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes for about a day! I do feel bad about my body image and I am always seeing diets in magazines showing me how to correct that. Unfortunately after about a day I get bored and reach for a bag of crisps! I don't think anybody I know takes them seriously!
2006-12-06 01:51:20 · answer #4 · answered by Queen D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely. The models used in magazines aimed at teenage girls are not teengage girls - they are in their twenties. This means that they are generally better developed and have lost a lot of their 'puppy fat,' making young girls believe that they should look this way. Also there is always a certain 'look' which ALL the models have. This makes it seem as though there is only one version of what 'pretty' or 'beautiful.'
2006-12-05 04:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by samantha_b_mcgregor 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in a bad way no. In a good way yes. Nowadays all magazines have all this health articles in it which i think is good because alot of teens read magazines so maybe they'll get control on their eating habits and live a healthier live.
2006-12-04 03:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by chedderapples 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certainly, pictures are put there to influence us in what ever we do. The picture of the hamburger with its ketchup oozing down the sides, it's plumb tomatoes spilling its jucies on the hamburger. That's good advertising. If your on a diet, only read diet books.
2006-12-04 01:28:55 · answer #7 · answered by Conrey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Totally, though ive never finished a whole mariecare in one sitting.
2006-12-04 08:34:48 · answer #8 · answered by rebecca x 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it does,and they know it otherwise they wouldn't put some of that stuff in there
2006-12-04 23:37:21 · answer #9 · answered by girl_wna_kno 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i'm reading heat and eating a cake, you decide
2006-12-05 00:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by murphy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋