Understanding Sexual Objectification: A Comprehensive Approach Toward Media Exposure and Girls' Internalization of Beauty Ideals, Self-Objectification, and Body Surveillance: Media, Adolescent Girls, and Self-Objectification
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The relationship between exposure to sexually objectifying music television, primetime television programs, fashion magazines, and social networking sites and the internalization of beauty ideals, self-objectification, and body surveillance was examined among adolescent girls (N = 558). A structural equation model showed direct relationships between sexually objectifying media and the internalization of beauty ideals, and indirect relationships between sexually objectifying media and self-objectification, and body surveillance through the internalization of beauty ideals. The direct relationships between sexually objectifying media and the internalization of beauty ideals, self-objectification, and body surveillance differed across the types of sexually objectifying media. The discussion focuses on the implications of these findings to explain self-objectification among girls.
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Body shame, strongly related to self-objectification experiences, could be enhanced by the typical one-to-many style of interactions and the exposure of individuals' body image that SNS promote.
“This body shame, strongly related to self-objectification experiences, could be enhanced by the typical one-to-many style of interactions and the exposure of individuals' body image that SNS promote (Manago et al., 2015; Vandenbosch & Eggermont, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Vandenbosch, L., & Eggermont, S.
- Affiliations
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Venue
- Journal of Communication
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2012-08-27
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 869-887
- ISSN
- 0021-9916 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1711406194
- Cited by
- 337
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- FWCI
- 16.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- lirias.kuleuven.be
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- Locations
- Journal of Communication (publishedVersion)
- Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Keywords
- sexual objectification, media exposure, beauty standards, self-objectification, body surveillance, adolescent girls, music television, prime-time television, fashion magazines, social networking sites, media influence
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