Linking Media With Fitness Perceptions: A Study On The Affect Of Media On Fitnes

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Term Paper Title	Linking Media With Fitness Perceptions: A Study On The Affect Of Media On Fitnes
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Linking Media with Fitness Perceptions: A Study on the Affect of Media on Fitness
and Body Image

Linking Media with Fitness Perceptions: A Study on the Affect of Media on Fitness
and Body Image

Abstract

This research examined the media and how it affects fitness and body image.
This was assessed by collecting data from surveys taken by three groups of ten
high school students, five of each sex.  Two of the three groups were exposed to
different media packages, one depicted images of unnaturally thin individuals,
the other depicted athletic figures, while the third group was exposed to no
prior data.  The results indicate the students attitudes towards social fitness
views and self-acceptance.  It was my hypothesis that a correlation between
media and the fitness concept will be found but the idea of a personal body
image will remain fixed as body image is a determined part of one's psyche.  A
significant correlation was discovered between those who viewed the thin package
and their attitudes on social fitness.  However a low score in the self-
acceptance scale in all three groups suggests a low self-concept within all
participants.  This supports my statement that there would be a connection
between the fitness concept and the media packages as well as a constant self-
concept maintained by all participants.

In assessing personal attitudes it is often important to measure not only what
an individual feels towards others but also his/herself.  Prior research
indicates this is especially important when measuring attitudes towards physical
issues. It has been found that opposing views may be held simultaneously by
individuals in regards to themselves and others.  Also concern for how a
response will reflect upon his/herself may negate an individual expressing his
or her true attitudes.  This research sought to assess the attitudes of high
school students towards fitness and body image in the presence of different
physical media icons.  By monitoring the individuals response to both a third
person scale and a personal scale, true attitudes can be assumed.  In this study,
the different groups were the independent variable, here in described as Group A,
those exposed to the thin images, Group B, those exposed to athletic images, and
Group C, those exposed to no images or the control group, whereas the groups
score was the dependent variable.  The surveys were distributed to thirty
students, ten in each group, five of each sex.  The dependent variable, in the...

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