Annotated Bibliography Brit, Harper and Marika Tiggemann. “The Effect of Ideal Media Images on Women's Self-Objectification, Mood, and Body Image.” Sex Roles 58.9/10 (2008): 649-657. Academic research completed. Network. October 18, 2013. This article examines the effect of the media's glorification of the thin ideal on women as self-objectification. The factors that triggered the onset of self-objectification were also referred to as the woman's emotional state and personality. Then the article discussed the experiment carried out, which compared the effect of intensive exposure of magazines of thin models and magazines advertising products without people. Additionally, the author offered a detailed description of how these effects, self-objectification, appearance anxiety, negative mood, and body dissatisfaction were measured. In the last section, the author illustrated the results, from which it emerged that the group exposed to idealized models obtained a higher score in all the previously indicated measures compared to the group exposed to product images. As for the author, she has several publications related to body image and media effects. Additionally, she is a professor of psychology at Flinders University. The content of the article was well written in an academic style. Furthermore, a detailed explanation of the concepts used in the experiment was provided, which made it easier to understand the analysis of the experiment results. The source is highly specific and relevant to the topic of the article. This source is useful for the argument of my article examining the effects of images of women in the media. It is similar to my other sources as the experiment is basically the core of the article....... middle of the article...... long term effects of such videos. Burgess has numerous publications relating to the effect of stereotypes in music videos. She is a professor of psychology at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, which shows her solid basic information on the reactions, behavior and attitudes of human beings. The language of the article is scholarly and scholarly, which helps viewers understand the material easily. Furthermore, the article is highly organized with a clear and systematic presentation of the information collected. All references have been cited correctly. So there was fair confirmation for the authors' claims. This source is very relevant to my thesis as it directly examines the effects of media representation on the promotion of violence against women. It differs from other sources because it verifies the effects of exposure based on multiple criteria.