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How Idealized Male Body Image is Expressed Through Rami Kuseybi

How Idealized Male Body Image is Expressed Through Rami Kuseybi. How Many of you look like the Ideal Male? . Background. Literature Review. 1. Perception of Ideal Body Image Among Children 2. Male Body Disorders in Men 3. Pressures from the Mass Media

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How Idealized Male Body Image is Expressed Through Rami Kuseybi

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  1. How Idealized Male Body Image is Expressed Through Rami Kuseybi

  2. How Many of you look like the Ideal Male?

  3. Background

  4. Literature Review • 1. Perception of Ideal Body Image Among Children • 2. Male Body Disorders in Men • 3. Pressures from the Mass Media • Research Question: How has Tumblr provided a space for the expression of male body image? • Subquestion: Do men have unrealistic expectations of their own body image?

  5. Methodology • Objective: To look at what the idealized male body form is according to the males on Tumblr and how they express their feelings towards it through images. • Sample: Discussion threads with images on Tumblr about male body image is the sample used to gather information on how Tumblr as a social medium reflects idealized male body types. Came from bloggers ranging in different ages. • Procedure: Closed Textual Analysis is the method used to collect data. Analyzed 100 images over a four-week period of time.

  6. Textual Analysis - Body Disorders

  7. Muscle Dysmorphia

  8. Anorexia in Men

  9. Textual Analysis – Body Positivity

  10. Conclusion

  11. Limitations/Future Recommendations • Limitations • Only looked at Tumblr – Would like to see how Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook provided a space for male body image Restricted just to images- What would videos and other forms of media show about idealized male body image and male body disorders on Tumblr? Future Recommendation Face to face interviews with males who have body disorders would add to the background and research portion

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