Our Body is Shaped by the Television
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Body image is something that everyone has. It has an influence on the young and the old, males and females, and impacts the poor and the rich. Almost everyone can pick out at least one body feature that they would like to improve. Some wish they could alter their waistline, while others would like to change their hair, legs, nose or skin. The media's role in shaping people's view of their body image is undisputable. Viewers are constantly bombarded with images of the ideal beauty. Television programs, commercials, billboards, magazine articles, advertisements, and movies convey pictures of what beauty should look like. Nevertheless, the media representations of the body often do not reflect a nation's standards. Thus, for many people, the ideal body type, set by the media, is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. Consequently, people have misconceptions of the ideal body type...