My Coursework - Research behind the documentary

For my coursework, I wish to complete a 5 minute documentary covering the media, body image and the affects this has on young people in our society; for both genders. I want to cover the issues of the media itself in contributing to the mass exposure of idealism and perfection through processes such as digitisation that - as a result - have allowed society (children and young adults in particular) to be free to roam vast numbers of social media sites which highlight the supposed ideals of what 'perfection' is. I also wish to look at just what the possible consequences of this can be; such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders.
In order to do this, I have researched and looked at a range of articles that include different views, and facts and figures to highlight the severity of such a topic. The pages I looked at were;
1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29569473
which stated things such as;
- the media are at the prime blame of portraying the ideal body image which courses confidence issues.
- but how do they mould our attitudes?
- "2013 - 2/3rds of teenagers signed up to Facebook, where images are posted and shared millions of times a day."
- "2012 - MP's recommended that all school children should take part in compulsory body image and self-esteem lessons."
- girls as young as five are worrying about size and appearance.
- 60% of public feel ashamed of their looks.
- "MP's said pressure to look good had pushed up cosmetic surgery rates by 20% since 2008."

2)https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/media-body-image-and-eating-disorders
which stated things such as;
- in a typical day, 8-18 year olds engage with some form of social media for 7.5 hours.
- increases level of exposure to the idea of perfection and idealism.
- despite not being the main cause, research has proven it to have an influence on eating disorders,
- highly affects body dissatisfaction?ideal internalisation.
- which may suggest such long-term exposure via mass media has influence.

3) http://www.elle.com/beauty/tips/a2531/how-instagram-is-ruining-our-self-esteem/
which stated things such as;
- one woman (who has 131000 Instagram followers) posted a picture saying she often hides half her face due to feeling insecure.
- made author think about how we all attempt to hide flaws that are invisible to others in order to create the perfect online persona.
- "has friends who pose certain ways to hide 'chubby cheeks'/ ask people to take pictures down as they 'don't like the angle'."