According to Thompson and Heinberg, "photographic techniques such as airbrushing, soft-focus cameras, composite figures, editing and filters can further blur the realistic nature of images media, leading consumers to believe that the models viewers see through the illusions created by these techniques are realistic representations of real people.” (Thompson, Heinberg 2) In the average home, the television is turned on more than seven hours a day. Most female characters are thinner than the average woman, 3,452 women said that movie or television celebrities influenced their body image as children. Children who watch more television than others have a rate of body dissatisfaction In one study, women who saw television commercials with images showing the current social ideal reported higher levels of anger, anxiety and