Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions
A woman's idea of a perfect body shape is the result of the interplay of several factors which eventually contributes to the cultivation of an idealized concept on the image of her body. With the recent rising trends of women joining fitness clubs membership, I am keen to discover if social...
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| author | Lam, Racheal Lai Yee |
| author2 | Caroline Pluss |
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| description | A woman's idea of a perfect body shape is the result of the interplay of several factors which
eventually contributes to the cultivation of an idealized concept on the image of her body.
With the recent rising trends of women joining fitness clubs membership, I am keen to
discover if social demographics such as age and occupation of these women have affected
their decision in joining a fitness club. The predominant focus of this study revolves around
women of different ages and occupations and their motivations in visiting fitness clubs. To
understand these motivations, this study also seeks to discern the varying degree of influences
which the advertising media have upon women's decisions to join a fitness club. Therefore,
this study also focuses on examining the local media to gain an understanding of the social,
cultural, economic, and political influences which contribute into shaping these motivations. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/355132019-12-10T12:08:14Z Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions Lam, Racheal Lai Yee Caroline Pluss School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women A woman's idea of a perfect body shape is the result of the interplay of several factors which eventually contributes to the cultivation of an idealized concept on the image of her body. With the recent rising trends of women joining fitness clubs membership, I am keen to discover if social demographics such as age and occupation of these women have affected their decision in joining a fitness club. The predominant focus of this study revolves around women of different ages and occupations and their motivations in visiting fitness clubs. To understand these motivations, this study also seeks to discern the varying degree of influences which the advertising media have upon women's decisions to join a fitness club. Therefore, this study also focuses on examining the local media to gain an understanding of the social, cultural, economic, and political influences which contribute into shaping these motivations. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-20T01:37:45Z 2010-04-20T01:37:45Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35513 en Nanyang Technological University 32 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women Lam, Racheal Lai Yee Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions |
| title | Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions |
| title_full | Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions |
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| title_short | Cultivation of the ideal body : how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions |
| title_sort | cultivation of the ideal body how advertisements affect women and their body perceptions |
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