Introduction In today’s society, people are constantly feeding their minds with information from newspapers, the internet, television news, cable TV, and magazines. People have become obsessed and most people rely upon the media for the latest news updates. However, the big question is, is social media giving what society wants? According to George Gerber, what we regularly see and read on the media influences our lives. The media has influenced our perception and physical sensitivity to our body image. Discussion Music influences our lives in a big way. No one can admit that he does not love music and most people have favorite music or artist (Bob 1). People spend their free time listening to their favorite music and it does influence their lives. It is believed that music is a therapy and has the power to cure the mind and our preference for music reflects our image in society (Bob 1). The use of ultra-thin dancers in music videos has influenced our body image especially the girls. Recently, my friend watched a music video from the song “I’m into you” by Jennifer Lopez and the slim dancers in this video impressed her. Because of this, she has now decided to starve herself so that she can have a slim body, which is an influence from the music. Moreover, most musicians such as Calvin Cordozar Broadus also known as Snoop Dog have a unique lifestyle involving wearing baggy trousers and shaggy hair. The young generation admires and copies these looks. Magazines are very informative and they update society especially on issues to do with celebrities. Celebrities influence the way people think and how we carry on our lives because we look at them as our role models and we envy their lifestyle (Dill 12). When a celebrity like Britney Spears is put on the cover of a cosmopolitan magazine wearing a certain dress and looking beautiful, most women envy her. When magazines have female celebrities with slim bodies, we tend to think that true beauty is about being slim or having slender bodies (Dill 32). Hence, people we see or read about in magazines influence our body image. People also idolize celebrities that they see and read about in magazines. Some times, they admire to have a lifestyle similar to theirs. For instance, celebrities’ way of life influences our lifestyle concerning issues of relationship and some people admire the kind of affairs celebrities have. Just recently, my cousin saw his favorite celebrity in a popular magazine walking alongside a slim bodied girl. Because of this, my cousin has left his former girlfriend who is relatively big and he is now dating a slender woman, whom he argues that she has a perfect body. This was because of the influence of the media. Britney Spears who is an artist was recorded doing a unique dance style dubbed Lap dance on OK Magazine. Today, the Lap dance has become popular especially among young people and because the OK Magazine featured this particular story, it made big sales. When a popular magazine puts a slim woman on its cover page, we conclude that for a woman to be considered beautiful, she must be slender. This has also influenced men’s attitudes towards their women. This is a clear indication that magazines influence our lives either positively or negatively. The movie is another aspect that has i