PLEASE TAKE PART IN MY SOCIOLOGY QUESTIONARE: HOW DOES THE MEDIA EFFECT EATING DISORDERS?

[conor]

1.Have you ever started a diet due to seeing a skinny model glamourized in the media?



2.Which of the below do you think influences eating disorders the most?
Facebook Tumblr(Photo Blog)Twitter Magazines

3.If you have an mental disorder such as an eating disorder, depression, mood disorder or self-harm, do you feel social networking sites or celebrity magazines can sometimes trigger your illness? If N/A do you feel as if the above could trigger an individual with one of the above?


4.Have you ever visited a pro ana/mia (a site which promotes eating disorders) site to get tips on how to undergo an extreme diet or starvation process?

5.Have you ever been a victim of cyber bullying over your weight?


6.Do you think there should be more ‘curvy’ models in the media? Why?


7.Are you knowledgeable about mental disorders such as anorexia/bulimia/self harm?


8.If anyone you knew had the above would that change your view of them? Why?



9.Do you feel as if the glamorisation of skinny models in the media and the digital manipulation of models to make them appear more perfect is wrong? Why?



10.Do you think this problem is growing rapidly eg: from the 90’s when models were a size 12-14?


11.How do you think the overall impact on younger children will be in ten years if this problem does not stop?

Age:
Sex:

[jpjkykctc]

1. No
2. Facebook
3. Yes
4. No
5. No
6. Absolutely! They represent the typical, healthy person.
7. Not so much
8. No, I would just think they have an illness and need professional help
9. Yes. With the current epidemic of eating disorders, I think the media should be more conscious and have a better social and moral understanding / responsibility.
10. Yes
11. Bullying is already epidemic, and it will only increase if the problem persists. People will continue to have declining self images, and the problem will continue to perpetuate
Age: 33
Female

[Bubblez]

1. Yes
2. Magazines and television
3. Yes they can trigger these disorders
4. No I haven't
5. No.
6. Yes there should be more 'curvy' models as there are too many tv personalities or models glamorising the idea of having the 'size zero' figure.
7. Yes I am
8. It would change my view because it would seem to me they have changed themselves into becoming something that's not worth being.
9. I do think its wrong because they're giving a near to impossible image to live up to. They are telling people to be something that's not possible accomplishing. It's a way to increase consumerism.
10. It is growing, young children are now wanting to look like the skinny models they see.
11. If this doesn't stop children will lose confidence and will care more about how others view them and they will ony want to look appealing, and the definition of appealing that they will follow is the one the media falsely put out there.
Age: 17
Sex: female

[RAFIQA]

1. Have you ever started a diet due to seeing a skinny model glamorized in the media?

Nope I've started a diet just to be healthier for myself

2. Which of the below do you think influences eating disorders the most?
Magazines

3. If you have an mental disorder such as an eating disorder, depression, mood disorder or self-harm, do you feel social networking sites or celebrity magazines can sometimes trigger your illness? Yes I do believe so

4. Have you ever visited a pro ana/mia (a site which promotes eating disorders) site to get tips on how to undergo an extreme diet or starvation process? Heck no

5. Have you ever been a victim of cyber bullying over your weight?
Thankfully I haven't

6. Do you think there should be more ‘curvy’ models in the media? Why?

Yes nothing wrong with skinnier women but the playing field needs to be leveled and are body types should be embraced
7. Are you knowledgeable about mental disorders such as anorexia/bulimia/self harm?

To an extent I learned about hem in high school and college

8. If anyone you knew had the above would that change your view of them? Why?

Yes it would especially if on the surface they appear to be normal or confident in how they look or feel.

9. Do you feel as if the glamorization of skinny models in the media and the digital manipulation of models to make them appear more perfect is wrong? Why?

Yes it is because no one has perfect skin or a perfect body and trying to portray that makes people believe that it is real when it isn't

10. Do you think this problem is growing rapidly eg: from the 90’s when models were a size 12-14?

Yes as time goes on Models are getting skinnier and pretty soon being stick thin with ribs showing will be the look

11. How do you think the overall impact on younger children will be in ten years if this problem does not stop?

Yes children now are dieting or not eating because of what they see in the media

Age: 24
Sex: Female

[Milly]

1. Yes, well i was dieting already, but seeing the skinny stars made me compare myself.
2. tumblr amongst teenager girls now. the others dont
3.yes they can be so triggering
4.yes i used to be members of many
5. nope
6.yes, to show that curvy is beautiful
7.yes i know everything about them, as ive been through them
8.no because i know what its like
9.yes because it messes up peoples head about what is acceptable and 'perfect'
10.yes very much so
11. basicallym most people will be anorexic

15 and girl

[Helen]

yh of course il help

1. no
2. facebook (theres secret groups no one can see which are pro ana....)
3.yes they can
4.yes lots of times (im not proud of it)... but sometimes i feel that people understands how i feel on those websites as their going through the same thing as me
5. no
6, yes as young children will often believe that they should look like the models, which right now is being sickly thin
7. yes deinately (currently a student nurse and ive suffered it myself)
8. definately not as i understand how they would be feeling
9. yes because young children may believe that the photos are real and aspire to look like that
10. yes the problem is getting worse every year#
11. there will be higher percentages of younger children suffering with anorexia, i already notice now that young girls go on diets much earlier that they used to e.g. in the 90s.

age: 19
sex: female

i hope this helped with your questionnaire, if you need to ask any more questions feel free to email me,