Books

 

Bale, K., 2006. Media representations of female body images in women's magazines. Germany: VDM Verlag.

 

Grogan, S., 1999. Body Image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men, women and children. London: Routledge.

 

Gunter, B., and Wykes, M, 2005. The media & body image. London: SAGE publications Ltd.

 

Thomas, F.C., and Smolak, L., 2011. Body Image. 2nd ed. New York City: The Guilford Press.

 

Journals

 

Andrew, R., Tiggemann, M., and Clark, L., 2015. Body Image. The protective role of body appreciation against media-induced body dissatisfaction [Online]. 15 (September), 98-104. Available via: Science Direct [Accessed 2nd January 2016].

 

Grabe, S., Ward, L.M., and Hyde, J.S., 2008. The Role of the Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women:A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies. Psychological Bulletin, 132 (3), 460 - 476.

 

Schooler, D., and Ward, L.M., 2006. Average Joes: Men’s Relationships With Media, Real Bodies, and Sexuality. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. 7 (1), P27 - 41.

 

Van Vonderen, K.E., and Kinnally, W., 2012. Media Effects on Body Image: Examining Media Exposure in the Broader Context of Internal and Other Social Factors. American Communication Journal, 14 (2), 41- 57.

 

Newspaper Articles

 

Hawksley, R., 2014. Don't look at me! The rise of male body insecurity. Telegraph [Online]. 19 March. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10707662/Dont-look-at-me-The-rise-of-male-body-insecurity.html [Accessed 2nd January 2016].

 

Noveck, J., 2006. Men Have Body Image Worries Too. The Washington Post [Online]. 6th October. Available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100600913.html. [ Accessed 7th January 2016].

 

 

Selby, J., 2014. Kate Moss in quotes: ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ and other career-defining statements from fashion’s silent supermodel. Independent [Online]. 15th January. Available at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-moss-in-quotes-nothing-tastes-as-good-as-skinny-feels-and-other-career-defining-statements-by-9061975.html [Accessed 5th January 2016].

 

Sieczkowski, C., 2015. Ideal Body Types Through History Could Teach Us All Something About Women's Bodies. Huffingtonpost [Online]. 4th February. Available: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/women-ideal-body-types-history-buzzfeed_n_6566254.html. [Last accessed 7th Dec 2015].

Websites

 

Anon. (n.d). WOMEN'S BODY IMAGE AND BMI [Online]. Available: http://www.rehabs.com/explore/womens-body-image-and-bmi/. [Accessed 6th January 2016].

 

Bushak, L., 2015. History Of Body Image In America: How The ‘Ideal’ Female And Male Body Has Changed Over Time [Online]. Available: http://www.medicaldaily.com/history-body-image-america-how-ideal-female-and-male-body-has-changed-over-time-360492. [Accessed 4th Decemeber 2015].

 

Graber, Z., 2011. THE EVER CHANGING FEMALE ‘IDEAL’: 1900 – 1950 (PART 1) [Online]. Available: http://www.allwalks.org/2011/05/the-ever-changing-female-ideal-1900-1950-part-1/. [Accessed 7th Dec 2015].

 

Graber, Z., 2011. THE EVER CHANGING FEMALE ‘IDEAL’: 1960 – 2010 (PART 2) [Online]. Available: http://www.allwalks.org/2011/05/the-ever-changing-female-ideal-1960-2010-part-2/. [Accessed 7th Dec 2015].

 

Ricciardelli, L., 2012. Boys aren’t immune to body image pressures – and never have been [Online]. Available: http://theconversation.com/boys-arent-immune-to-body-image-pressures-and-never-have-been-3801. [Accessed 3rd December 2015].

 

Santa Cruz, J., 2014. Body-Image Pressure Increasingly Affects Boys [Online]. Available: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/body-image-pressure-increasingly-affects-boys/283897/. [Accessed 3rd January 2016].

 

Videos

 

Body Image Documentary, 2013. [Youtube] Lizeth Soriano. 3rd April. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dlp7x7dH2U [Accessed 18th December 2015].

 

Body Image & The Media, 2013. [Youtube] Pana Chanthabandith. 13th January. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgz4_G8p7TM [Accessed: 18th December 2015].

 

Body Image in the Media - A Documentary, 2012. [Youtube] Madelinemadel. 25th September. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOCjis02J_s [Accessed: 18th December 2015].

 

Media & The Distortion of Body Image, 2012. [Youtube] alwilso4621. 8th April.

Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxjUrNbIkI [Accessed 18th December 2015].

 

Men's body image, eating disorders & body dysmorphia, 2013. [Youtube] Integration Training. 22nd November. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnAbCb97kIg [Accessed: 18th December 2015].

 

The Ideal Woman Throughout History, 2015. [Youtube] TheTalko. 19th August. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_CeXutv5hg [Accessed: 18th December 2015].

 

The Media's Authority: Evolution Of The Ideal Male Body Image From 1970 to 2013, 2013. [Youtube] Micneil. 29th April. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTUs0uYLU7o [Accessed 18th December 2015].