Hamilton Heights High School Library

Media Images, Stereotypes and Self Esteem

• About Face at http://www.about-face.org/
  This is the web site of a “San Francisco-based non-profit group……(that) combats negative and distorted images of women in the media." Warning: the “gallery of shame” includes some disturbing and potentially insulting images.
• Media Awareness Network at http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm
  After entering the site, click on the “Media Issues” tab on the left and find articles on topics such as media violence and media stereotyping, including references as to how the media stereotypes minorities, women, men and masculinity, etc.
• Perfect Illusions at http://www.pbs.org/perfectillusions/eatingdisorders/preventing_media.html
  This is the companion web site to the PBS series on eating disorders and the influence of the media on people who suffer from this disease.
• Other Articles related to this topic:
  The Effect of Television on the Developing Brain at http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/mlr/readings/articles/effects.html
  Expect Positive Things From Teens at http://www.extension.umn.edu/extensionnews/1999/positivethingsfromteens.html
  Women Vulnerable to Media Images at http://www.applesforhealth.com/fashimage1.html
  Bashing Youth -- Media Images About Teenagers at http://www.fair.org/extra/9403/bashing-youth.html
  Understanding the Effect of Media on Children and Teenagers at http://www.aap.org/family/mediaimpact.htm (American Pediatrics Society)
  Children and the Perpetuation of Gender Role Stereotypes at http://www.aap.org/advocacy/sign298.htm (American Pediatrics Society)
  Teens Look Beyond Stereotypes at http://www.pamf.org/news/2004/0304_teens.html (Palo Alto Medical Foundation)
  Teens, Sex and TV at http://medialiteracy.net/pdfs/TeenSnapshot.pdf -- The results of a survey to determine the role of television in influencing teens decisions regarding sex.
  The Media, Stereotypes and the Need for Role Models at http://57.69.14.59/voy/media/youth-media.2002-11.doc
  Gender Stereotyping in Sports Coverage at http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2294/is_1999_Oct/ai_59426460
  Television and Gender at http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Sections/tv05.html
  Look Smart Guide to Articles on Body Image and the Media at http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317837/us317920/us53948/us10071658/us274664/us584128/us574806/?pi=us
  Stop the Stereotyping of Cheerleaders at http://cheerleading.about.com/od/malecheerleaders/a/032302a.htm?terms=Media+stereotypes