Mags and Abs: Media Consumption and Bodily Concerns in Men

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Average Joes: Men's relationships with media, real bodies, and sexuality (2006, background): “For example, frequent readers of fitness magazines report greater body image dissatisfaction (Morry & Staska, 2001) and a drive for muscularity (Botta, 2003; Duggan & McCreary, 2004; Hatoum & Belle, 2004; Morrison, Morrison, & Hopkins, 2003).”
Women as Sex Objects and Victims in Print Advertisements (2008, background): “Reading men’s magazines may also exacerbate unrealistic beauty standards for women (Hatoum and Belle 2004).”
Meta-Analyses of the Effects of Media Images on Men's Body-image Concerns (2008, background): “…& Finemore, 2002; Ricciardelli & McCabe, 2003), or just by asking participants how many hours of media (i.e., television, magazines, movies) the participants watch and by having participants indicate how often they view specific “male–directed magazines” (Hatoum & Belle, 2004, p. 400).”
The Effects of the Sexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Gender Stereotyping and Female Self-Concept (2009, background): “Media effects theories and empirical research support the idea that individuals can and do learn about gender roles as well as gender-related attitudes and beliefs from mass media offerings including: television and advertising (e.g., Davidson et al. 1979; Herrett-Skjellum andAllen 1996; McGhee and ”