How Media Shapes Our Views - Summer Task 3

Media influences the way we view ourselves and our body image in society. We can see this from magazine covers and unrealistic interpretations of the human body.

From the covers with men depicted on the front, it shows an unrealistic portrayal of the male body, showing it at peak physical condition. This shows a positive representation of men as people who are attracted to the men are more likely to buy it however this will probably make any male viewers who are not in this condition worse about themselves as they see themselves as unfit and unhealthy if they're not like this.

For the covers with women depicted on the front, it is much on the same, people are attracted to the appealing people and body image on the front however any women who dont look like this feel worse about themselves , even if they're not unhealthy or unfit in the slightest but are compared to the ridiculously slim and glamorized images of women on magazine covers.