Media, marketing and mass advertising: Managing patient expectations

Paraskeva, Nicole

Abstract

The mass media is a very powerful source of influence and plays a key role in promoting and defining cultural standards of beauty (Halliwell and Diedrichs, 2012). Research from the body image literature shows that repeated exposure to media messages and images of society’s beauty ideals can lead to body dissatisfaction, internalisation of appearance ideals and attempts to change one’s body (Halliwell and Diedrichs, 2012). More recently, the media has increasingly featured cosmetic procedures, for example, in advertisements, magazine articles and TV programmes (Hennink-Kaminski et al, 2010; Sharp et al, 2014). As a result, cosmetic surgery is often portrayed in reality TV shows such as Botched up Bodies and Embarrassing Bodies, and slogans such as ‘Confidence that speaks for itself—find yours with cosmetic surgery’ are typically found in advertisements for these treatments (UK Feminista, 2012).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2015
• Journal: Journal of Aesthetic Nursing
• Print ISSN: 2050-3717
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 236-237
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2015.4.5.236
• Keywords: media, body image, cosmetic surgery, advertising
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/833790
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2015.4.5.236