Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Ragab, Shaima Author's Email Address shaima@gsu.edu URN etd-11222005-110406 Title Media Messages and Womens' Body Perceptions in Egypt Degree Master of Arts Department Communications Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Jaynette Atkinson Committee Chair Leonard Teel Committee Member Marian Meyers Committee Member Keywords
- Plastic surgery.
- Dieting
- Egypt
- Thin media ideal
- Eating disorders
- Body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness
- Compensatory behaviors
- Veiling
- Fasting
Date of Defense 2005-11-03 Availability unrestricted Abstract This study explores the association between media exposure and women’s body perceptions in Egypt. The thin ideal perpetuated through the media, eating disorders and body dissatisfaction and drive for thinness were thought to be a culturally linked phenomena confined to Western societies. This study has contributed to the debate on cultural determinism of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction in women as it has shown that these concepts are on the rise in non-Western societies in general and Egypt in specific. When exposed to media messages, women in Egypt demonstrated eating disordered attitudes, body dissatisfaction feelings and also chose other compensatory behaviors such as veiling, fasting, and following diet.Files
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