How does the media’s perception of mental and physical health morph teens’ outlook on themselves? And how do students at IA avoid these pitfalls?

The Media

What exactly does the media do?

•Exposure to media

•“Perfect Person” videoDove - Evolution Commercial

Women

•How does the media portray women?

•Common stereotypes

•Some strides have been made in how the media portrays women

WomenBeauty and Body Image

• Unattainable Beauty

•The Culture of Thinness

Women

•Self Improvement or Self Destruction?

Men

How are men portrayed?

•Stereotypes

Men

Sports

Men

When/How are boys influenced?

•Highlights

•Vulnerability and Emotions

•Violence and Anger

•Work vs. Domestic

•Race

•TV vs. Reality

Solutions

How does this affect IA students?

Resisting Stereotypes 

Solutions

“Staying True” videoSlip of the Tongue

Solutions

•Boost your ego

•Feel Better About Your Body

•Take the initiative

Works Cited • A Report on Mental Illness in Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada, 2002.• Barbie boots up. Time. Nov 11 1996. http://www.time.com/time/• Body Image. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007. http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/bodyImage.html• Body Image and the Media. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007.

http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/biMedia.html• How fake models are really made. The consumerist. 16 October 2006.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/dove/how-fake-models-are-really-made-207991.php• Media Portrayals of Men and Masculinity. Media Awareness Network.

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/men_and_masculinity/index.cfm• Resisting Stereotypes and Working for Change. Media Awareness Network.

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_reform.cfm• The Diet Business: Banking on Failure. BBC News World Edition, Feb 5 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2725943.stm• The Media's Influence. Perfect Illusions: Eating Disorders and the Family. PBS.

2003.http://www.pbs.org/perfectillusions/eatingdisorders/preventing_media.html• Women laserized to standardize dress sizes. CNN. Feb 11 2008. http://www.cnn.com/• How the Media Define Masculinity, Common Stereotypes of Men in Media, Children's Perceptions of Male

Stereotypes, Men's Magazines and the Construction of Masculinity, Masculinity and Sports Media. http://publications.childrennow.org/publications/media/boystomen_1999_media.cfm