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MacCallum, Fiona and Widdows, Heather (2018) Altered images : understanding the influence of unrealistic images and beauty aspirations. Health Care Analysis, 26 (3). pp. 235-245. doi:10.1007/s10728-016-0327-1
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10728-016-0327-1
Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HF Commerce |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Body image, Digital images, Aesthetics, Mass media, Advertising | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health Care Analysis | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer New York LLC | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1065-3058 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 235-245 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10728-016-0327-1 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC) | ||||||||
| Grant number: | AH/ L01548X/1 | ||||||||
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