Altered Images: Understanding the Influence of Unrealistic Images and Beauty Aspirations

被引:33
作者
MacCallum, Fiona [1 ]
Widdows, Heather [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Warwick, Dept Psychol, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ Birmingham, Dept Philosophy, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
基金
英国艺术与人文研究理事会;
关键词
Beauty ideals; Digital modification; Body image; Media; BODY DISSATISFACTION; ADOLESCENT GIRLS; EXPOSURE; LABELS; IDEAL; MOOD; SELF;
D O I
10.1007/s10728-016-0327-1
中图分类号
B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
学科分类号
摘要
In this paper we consider the impact of digitally altered images on individuals' body satisfaction and beauty aspirations. Drawing on current psychological literature we consider interventions designed to increase knowledge about the ubiquity and unreality of digital images and, in the form of labelling, provide information to the consumer. Such interventions are intended to address the negative consequences of unrealistic beauty ideals. However, contrary to expectations, such initiatives may not be effective, especially in the long-term, and may even be counter-productive. We seek to understand this phenomenon of our continued aspiration for beauty ideals we know to be unreal and even impossible. We draw on our respective disciplines to offer psychological and philosophical accounts for why this might be. We conclude that beauty ideals are deeply embedded in our aspirations, practices, and in our constructions of ourselves. Given this, it is not surprising that simply increasing knowledge, or providing information, will be insufficient to challenge them.
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