"Do you want to change your body image?' 'How many pounds would you like to lose?' How do you see yourself" These question only have one answer, so it does not leave room for creative thinking, opinions, ideas, and discussion. On the other hand, questions such as "How should we help people who have Body Dysmorphic Disorder?' 'How can plastic surgery be regulated, so people with BDD are protected from their own disorder?' 'How can the media help the society to have realistic perception of body image?" Open-ended question like these have many possible answers; therefore, people are not afraid to answer them because there is not right or wrong. Questions are considered good when they are intriguing, unambiguous, encourage multitude of responses.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder has two sides’ issues. People who wish to change their image, most times, do not think they can potentially have the disorder, so the see plastic surgeries as a tool that will solve their desire to change, but after months of the image change they find themselves dissatisfied again. On the other hand, people without BDD believe they can get a plastic surgery done, for whatever reason without hesitations.
A survey is a good resource to measure people's knowledge about BDD and other related disorders, and also to see people's perception of their own body, if they wish to change their body image. I believe a large amount of people do not know what BDD is, how a person can acquire the disorder, and how live if affected by it. Another result that I expect is the desire to change their image if they have the time, money to do so. Also the results may show most woman between the ages of 20-45 have done plastic surgery or will do it in the close future. The survey will be online and any person is welcome to take it, so I can have responses from different groups of people.
I also have used interview from magazine with celebrities from television. The reason for the interview was because the celebrity Heidi Montag has done several surgeries at once. I could interview friend that have done breast augmentation, in which one the reason is because they are in the modeling industry, and they believe for them to succeed they need to be comparable to other models that have the perfect size for fitting in designers' clothing.
A survey is a good resource to measure people's knowledge about BDD and other related disorders, and also to see people's perception of their own body, if they wish to change their body image. I believe a large amount of people do not know what BDD is, how a person can acquire the disorder, and how live if affected by it. Another result that I expect is the desire to change their image if they have the time, money to do so. Also the results may show most woman between the ages of 20-45 have done plastic surgery or will do it in the close future. The survey will be online and any person is welcome to take it, so I can have responses from different groups of people.
I also have used interview from magazine with celebrities from television. The reason for the interview was because the celebrity Heidi Montag has done several surgeries at once. I could interview friend that have done breast augmentation, in which one the reason is because they are in the modeling industry, and they believe for them to succeed they need to be comparable to other models that have the perfect size for fitting in designers' clothing.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is something that I don’t know a lot about. When it comes to body image disorders, most people automatically think of anorexia and bulimia, but BDD is also a very serious, and very common disorder. Heidi Montag is probably one of the most famous people (recently at least) for getting plastic surgery, so in order to get through to people who don’t have much knowledge of the subject, or even interest, you could use her to gain attention.
ReplyDeleteI’ve noticed that you use the word ‘perfect’ a lot, and I think that it’s something that could be used a little less in your paper. I remember taking your survey, and you used the word too, you asked which picture we thought was perfect, but none of those pictures were.
I know that you said you might use an interview with Heidi, but I would also recommend interviewing people you know that have either had a cosmetic procedure done, or go to the gym all the time, or something of the sort. Getting someone that you know, rather than just a celebrity might make it more meaningful too.
~Chelsey