Socio-cultural Issues and Eating Disorders

-find one advertisement image and one music video and critique each, with each critique being 1-1.5 pages each
-comment on what messages the advertisement and video convey in terms of body image and eating
-after this, write a 4 page reflection about the relationship between eating disorders and western culture at large
-will be marked on your ability to logically and clearly describe your opinion
1. Introduction
2. Part One: Critiquing the Advertisement and Music Video; 2-3 pages
-Choose an advertisement image and a music video to critique
-Provide intro and brief summary of both advertisement image and music video. For the advertisement image,
include the image in assignment
-Critique your two pieces of media, commenting on what messages the advertisement and video convey in terms of body image and eating
3. Part Two: Reflection; 4 pages
-reflect on the relationship between eating disorders and western culture
-can include the ways in which western culture promotes certain body images in various capacities, fad diets and weight loss trends, dieting culture, billboards, Hollywood
-Can focus on particular populations, such as adolescence, women, men, and how they’re particularly impacted
by the ways in which western culture portrays body image and eating
4. Part Three: What do you think needs to change?
-reflect on what needs to change in western culture to better improve the way in which it portrays body image
and eating
-What could media be doing differently to have a more positive impact on those who consume the media?
5. Conclusion

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