COMPARISON OF MEDIA-LITERACY PROGRAMS TO STRENGTHEN COLLEGE WOMEN'S RESISTANCE TO MEDIA IMAGES

By Lori M. Irving, Susan Berel. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Literature and Literary Theory, Marketing

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Think 'thin' and feel bad: the role of appearance schema activation, attention level, and thin-ideal internalization for young women's responses to ultra-thin media ideals (2005, background): “…literacy interventions demonstrated that it is possible to increase women’s skepticism about the desirability of media that depicts a thin ideal of beauty, and that making them more critical may have some effect on internalization (e.g., Irving & Berel, 2001; Posavac, Posavac, & Weigel, 2001).”
The role of the media in body image concerns among women: a meta-analysis of experimental and correlational studies. (2008, background): “…to offer, several studies have found limited evidence of the effectiveness of media literacy, suggesting that the pervasiveness of the media’s promotion of the thin ideal is far greater than the proactive messages offered in one-time interventions (e.g., Irving & Berel, 2001; McVey & Davis, 2002).”
Assessing Media Influences on Middle School–Aged Children's Perceptions of Women in Science Using the Draw-A-Scientist Test (DAST) (2007, background): “…of media content can be taught to critically evaluate media content and that this critical evaluation can change the ways in which the content is processed and internalized (Irving and Berel 2001; at MICHIGAN STATE UNIV LIBRARIES on December 3, 2012scx.sagepub.comDownloaded from Potter 1998).”
The mass marketing of disordered eating and Eating Disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness and culture (2006, background): “Irving and Berel (2001) studied the effectiveness of short-term media literacy on college women's resilience to media images of femininity.”
Body Image Disturbance and The Social Norms Approach: An Integrative Review of the Literature (2006, background): “Kallgren et al. (2000) stated that definitional refinements are necessary in the systematic study of normative influences on behavior.”
Exposure to Sexually Objectifying Media and Body Self-Perceptions among College Women: An Examination of the Selective Exposure Hypothesis and the Role of Moderating Variables (2006, background): “What can researchers, educators, psychotherapists/counselors, and other clinicians do to assuage potential adverse media effects, particularly among the subgroups of women who are vulnerable to them? A number of investigators have developed and tested programs to prevent body dissatisfaction by teac”
Do Appearance Focused Cognitive Distortions Moderate the Relationship between Social Comparisons to Peers and Media Images and Body Image Disturbance? (2011, background): “Although these sessions can produce immediate improvements in weight concerns and thin ideal internalization, they often do not impact other dimensions of body image or produce long-term effects (Coughlin and Kalodner 2006; Irving and Berel 2001; Wade et al. 2003; Watson and Vaughn 2006).”
Holistic Media Education: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of a College Course in Media Literacy (2008, unknown): “…Hindin, Contento, & Gussow, 2004); media representations that are thought to contribute to body image problems (Fuller, Damico, & Rodgers, 2004; Irving & Berel, 2001; Irving, DuPen, & Berel, 1998; Levine, Smolak, & Schermer, 1996; Piran, Levine, & Irving, 2000; Wade, Davidson, & Odea, 2003);…”
Materialism, Sociocultural Appearance Messages, and Paternal Attitudes Predict College Women's Attitudes About Cosmetic Surgery (2009, background): “Previous research has found limited effectiveness of media literacy campaigns in inoculating girls against the negative effects of exposure to ideal media images (Irving & Berel, 2001; Levine, Smolak, & Schermer, 1996).”
For Your Health? The Relationship Between Magazine Reading and Adolescents' Body Image and Eating Disturbances (2003, result): “…argued that the key to media literacy interventions is preventing women from engaging in social comparisons, which sounds contrary to the work of Irving and Berel (2001), who found that although a media literacy intervention increased college women’s skepticism about media images, it made no…”
Pressure To Be Perfect: Influences on College Students' Body Esteem (2010, background): “Studies report that the need for high achievement is positively linked with the increased risk for disordered eating (Kern & Hastings, 1995 ; Laliberte, Boland, & Leichner, 1999 ; Woodside et al, 2002 ).”