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Maples-Wallace, Rajah.

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Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image./
Author:	Maples-Wallace, Rajah.
Description:	44 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-04, page: 1087.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International42-04.
Subject:	Journalism. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1418050

Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image.
Maples-Wallace, Rajah.

Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image. - 44 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 42-04, page: 1087.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri - Columbia, 2003.

From Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry to supermodel Tyra Banks, thinness is in today's media, which has proved to be hazardous to the health of African-American women in the United States. This study, using Festinger's social comparison theory, seeks to examine media effects on African-American females' moods and self-body images. Forty-two African-American, college-aged females were exposed to four fictitious advertisements, which were similar in appearance to ads found in poplar women's magazines. Two of the ads displayed extremely thin models, while two of the ads displayed extremely heavy models. Fourteen subjects saw the heavy models while 28 subjects saw the thin models. The subjects completed a mood scale and a body self-esteem scale prior to and after being exposed to the images. Both surveys were analyzed to discover whether the images affected the subjects' moods and self-body images.Subjects--Topical Terms:

576107
Journalism.

Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image.
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520 $a Both groups' mood scores and body self-esteem scores decreased after being exposed to the idealized images; however, the body self-esteem scores for the women who saw the heavier models decreased more so. Festinger's social comparison theory held true in this study. Moreover, the questions that seemed to change most significantly included questions about speaking in front of a group of people and questions about dating relationships.
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