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The internalization of beauty ideals, Adolescence, Media, Self-objectification, Body surveillance, Social Sciences, Communication, OBJECTIFYING MEDIA, CONSCIOUSNESS, WOMEN, TELEVISION, IMAGE, MODEL, 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media, 1903 Journalism and Professional Writing, 2001 Communication and Media Studies, Communication & Media Studies, 4701 Communication and media studies

Abstract:

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.