Medical opinion notes that the media can influence young women to starve themselves and therefore act as a possible causal factor of disordered eating. This book brings together work on media representations and audience responses and offers a discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultura[...]
Celebrities attract the attention of commercial interests and other public figures. They receive payments from sponsors to endorse brands. They are sought out to appear with politicians during election campaigns. They are used to promote health messages. In other words, celebrities are often perceiv[...]