In the books I have read in conjunction to my EPQ they have all touched on the subject of the media being a large influence. Having grown up within the time period that technology has truly thrived and excelled I am fascinated by the effect this has had on us mentally, more specifically with our eating habits. There is now a whole community of people encouraging eating disorders, more typically known as the 'pro-ana' and 'pro-mia' community, examples of which can be seen below:
Thin Intentions Forever
Miss Ana Mia
Furthering on from this are the hashtags used on Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter to link all of these types of posts together:
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