1. How does the medias perception of mental and physical health morph teens outlook on themselves? And how do students at IA avoid these pitfalls?

2. The Media What exactly does the media do?

Exposure to media

Perfect Person video

• Dove - Evolution Commercial

3. Women

How does the media portray women?

Common stereotypes

Some strides have been made in how the media portrays women

4. Women Beauty and Body Image

Unattainable Beauty

The Culture of Thinness

5. Women

Self Improvement or Self Destruction ?

6. MenHow are men portrayed?

Stereotypes

7. MenSports 8. MenWhen/How are boys influenced?

Highlights

Vulnerability and Emotions

Violence and Anger

Work vs. Domestic

Race

TV vs. Reality

9. Solutions How does this affect IAstudents? 10. Solutions Resisting Stereotypes

Staying True video

• Slip of the Tongue

11. Solutions

Boost your ego

Feel Better About Your Body

Take the initiative

12. Works Cited

A Report on Mental Illness in Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada, 2002.

Barbie boots up. Time. Nov 11 1996.http://www.time.com/time/

Body Image. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007.http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/bodyImage.html

Body Image and the Media. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007.http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/biMedia.html

How fake models are really made. The consumerist. 16 October 2006.http://consumerist.com/consumer/dove/how-fake-models-are-really-made-207991.php

Media Portrayals of Men and Masculinity. Media Awareness Network.http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/men_and_masculinity/index.cfm

Resisting Stereotypes and Working for Change. Media Awareness Network.http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_reform.cfm

The Diet Business: Banking on Failure. BBC News World Edition, Feb 5 2003.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2725943.stm

The Media's Influence. Perfect Illusions:Eating Disorders and the Family. PBS. 2003. http://www.pbs.org/perfectillusions/eatingdisorders/preventing_media.html

Women laserized to standardize dress sizes. CNN. Feb 11 2008.http://www.cnn.com/

How the Media Define Masculinity, Common Stereotypes of Men in Media,Children's Perceptions of Male Stereotypes, Men's Magazines and the Construction of Masculinity, Masculinity and Sports Media.http://publications.childrennow.org/publications/media/boystomen_1999_media.cfm