Publications

Publication details [#52200]

Sohn, Steve H. 2009. Body Image: Impacts of Media Channels on Men's and Women's Social Comparison Process, and Testing of Involvement Measurement. The Atlantic Journal of Communication 17 (1) : 19–35.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

body part terminology | comparison1 | gender | influencing | mass media

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study explores the different influences and the diverging impact according to gender of magazine and television social comparison processes on men and women's body perceptual gap and satisfaction.