Objective The effect of experimental manipulations of the thin beauty ideal, as portrayed in
the mass media, on female body image was evaluated using meta‐analysis. Method Data …

It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so,
how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of …

This article explores the ways that consumers use fashion discourse to inscribe their
consumption behaviors in a complex ideological system of folk theories about the nature of …

Food occupies a seemingly mundane position in all our lives, yet the ways we think about
shop**, cooking and eating are actually intensely reflexive. The daily pick and mix of our …

Consumer vulnerability is a sometimes misunderstood or misused concept that is equated
erroneously with demographic characteristics, stigmatization, consumer protection, unmet …

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their
physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to …

We propose that consumers' relationships to nonadvertising forms of mass media are an
essential aspect of the perceived meanings they derive from advertisements. After …

The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption by Gad Saad applies Darwinian principles in
understanding our consumption patterns and the products of popular culture that most …

'Skinny models send unhealthy message' 68 'My body and me': women in the newspapers
74 'You can get rid of cellulite'and 'make any man better in bed' 82 'What boys love about …

One of advertising's “unintended effects” is the impact highly attractive models may have on
female pre-adolescents and adolescents. Using social comparison theory as a framework …