Self-image Body of Contemporary Youth and Pop Culture. Own research Cover Image

Obraz własnego ciała współczesnej młodzieży a kultura popularna. Badania własne
Self-image Body of Contemporary Youth and Pop Culture. Own research

Author(s): Magdalena Gajtkowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Social development, Social differentiation, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Pop culture; self-body image; teenagers; mass-media; other people opinions; the ideal self; the ought self; the actual self; modern youth

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the outcome of her own research on the influence of the pop culture on self-body image. In the research, different aspects of self-body image are taken into account: being  t, healthy and being good looking or pretty. The analysis of the scientific research persuades the reader that mass media are important but not the most important source of information which they use to judge? their bodies. Moreover, it is claimed that the meaning of so called pop culture for teenagers’ self-judgment is differentiated, it is most important for the appearance.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 103-118
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish