Week 9

For my individual research paper I think I would want to write about the image of the body in the media. This would interest me because I don’t like how the media shows the body, and how everyone reacts to how their body should be. This topic would be a good choice because there is a lot to talk about. I can touch the points of how men and women form bad eating habits. It also can lead to problems of depression and can make people sad about their life. I think that this would be a good eye opener for not only me but if anyone else read the paper. This wouldn’t be good because I might have a hard time finding books that have to do with this topic. This is something that has caused a new issue in today’s society. This is causing teens and young adults to worry about their images in such was that they will do anything to make this image. There are some people who will make out their credit cards in order to achieve this certain look. Others will put their own bodies at risk, in ways such as throwing up, or not eating to be the ideal body type. I think that this is something that really needs to be discussed and I am hoping that others in the world are worrying about this issue too. I think that there is a lot in the news papers that are talking about this problem that comes up, but I don’t feel as through it has changed anything. However at the same time I don’t think that my paper is going to be able to shift mountains, I just want to do some research on it, to see the insides of the thinking that the magazines have.