the media literacy section talks about the magazine Cosmopolitan and its focus on using "thin cover models as aspirational objects for its readers -- that is, as women its readers would like to look like." Do you agree with that magazine's assessment of what most readers would like to see from its models? Do you think that showing these images can lead to eating disorders and body image issues for readers, especially young women? What can magazines and other mass media do to show better representation of its' readers? Explain your answers.

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The magazine Cosmopolitan like many other fashion and lifestyle magazines has historically featured thin cover models as aspirational figures for its ... View the full answer