How Media Representations of Women Atheletes Impact Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Friday, July 11, 2008 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
A large body of psychological research has documented the problematic impact of idealized and sexualized images of women on the female viewers' body image. Very little attention has been paid to
investigating whether particular media images can positively impact body image among girls and women. Join Elizabeth Daniels, PhD from University of California Los Angeles and her proposal that
performance-focused media images of women athletes may be beneficial. This talk examines the effects of exposure to images of performance athletes, sexualized athletes, sexualized models, and
non-sexualized women.
