Mediatizing the naked truth - a re-conceptualisation of the ideal beach body in contemporary media

Kleim, A. and Eckler, P. and Tonner, A. (2016) Mediatizing the naked truth - a re-conceptualisation of the ideal beach body in contemporary media. In: 6th European Communication Conference, 2016-11-09 - 2016-11-12.

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Abstract

This theoretical paper aims to deliver a new and enhanced definition of the ideal beach body based upon an extensive interdisciplinary literature review. It argues that the beach body theoretically comprises of two basic forms: (1) The real beach body as it appears on the beach and (2) the mediatized beach body, i.e. the one that prevails in the media.

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Kleim, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-1424, Eckler, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5734-8089 and Tonner, A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-3946;