The Impact Of Media On Society And The Media s Beauty...

As a young woman I know the pressures to conform to society and the media’s beauty standards. The media communicates to consumers how and what to think, how to dress, act, and that we, as buyers, should care how others perceive us. The communication channels through which news, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are circulated is known as media. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, and more (What Is Media? Definition and Meaning). People interact with these channels of communication so extensively that sometimes they forget the media is being used to persuade and advertise society’s ideals. Ideals that are formed through various institutions and shape a social construct that consumers willingly participate in. A social construct is understood as a social mechanism, phenomenon, or category created and developed by society; a perception of an individual, group, or idea that is constructed through cultural or social practices (Boghossian). The general public is immersed in today’s beauty standard because of the nonstop bombardment of media focused towards them. Media that has deeper meaning than the movement of products to the masses. A meaning that exhibits it is more valuable to be physically attractive than not. There is simply benefits in beauty. The idea of the beauty standard. Azadeh Aalai, an author and professor of Psychology at Queensborough Community College, believesShow MoreRelatedSocial Media Has a Negative Effect on Body Image and Self Esteem1202 Words   |  5 Pages Social media has become one of the most popular sources of communication for the upcoming generation. 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