Body image today is so exaggerated in importance that people, often teenagers, go to extremes and try to be perfect. I think it's the media that makes body image such a big issue these days. It makes people want to change everything about themselves, their appearance, their choices and their personality. It's also the media that promotes it to teenagers, because of all the places they advertise. Adults are also people I would blame for cases of young children hurting themselves over things they shouldn't care about. The clue that my conclusions are correct are all the reported cases regarding teenagers and their body image issues. The places the media emphasizes body image the most is on television. They show all these eye-opening dramas, and that's what kids watch today, and all they see is what they start to think. For example, in Time Magazine it is clearly stated that "Gossip Girl", a television series, was presented as being incredibly INAPPROPRIATE. The magazine even gives us the example of this girl in a family who starts suggestively singing a song about licking a lollipop. Shows that are supposed to be for kids even give them ideas about things they wouldn't think about if they weren't watching certain shows. For example, little girls might love watching the show "Hannah Montana," but imagine what they'll start thinking when they find out she was found in a half-naked photo when she was 15. Another teen star who has a lot of influence on teenagers and young children is probably TV star Jamie Lynn Spears, and what did she get herself into... she got pregnant. Another place they advertise on p...... middle of paper ....../issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_beauty.cfmBody Image, Media and Eating Disorders. Derenne, Jennifer L and Eugene V. BeresinM.D. May-June 2006. Academic psychiatry. March 30, 2010. Eating disorders: body image and advertising. December 11, 2008. Body image and advertising. March 31, 2010http://www.healthyplace.com/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-overview/all-eating-disorders-articles/Levin E. Diane Ph.D. and Jean Kilbourne. Ed.D. So sexy so soon. New York: Random, 2008. Pichardo, Maribel. “Body image in the media”. Quiz. Fresno: Heald College, 2010. The Truth About Teenage Girls. Luscombe Belinda. September 11, 2008. Time. February 16, 2010. Wykes, Maggie and Barrie Gunter. The media and body image. Mille Chênes: SAGE,2005.