APA Format Checklist Here is a list of things that you should look for in your final paper: 1. You have a single, main point (thesis statement), and all sentences in your paper directly relate to and support your thesis statement. 2. Your main point is an original, clearly defined claim and is consistent with current research on the subject selected. 3. Your word choice and language level show that you have a formal, academic, university-level audience in mind. 4. You support your initial claim with the university-level evidence you have gathered during your research. 5. If personal experience is used, you remember to convey that information without resorting to conversational first-person voice, 6. Your reader can easily determine which words are quotes, which words are summaries or paraphrases, and which words are your own ideas. 7. You present the strongest arguments against your claim; you avoid the "straw man" fallacy and argue as hard for the other side as you argue for your own. 8. You evaluate each possible objection and reply appropriately; not all objections can be refuted but all must be addressed. 9. Your title page is double spaced, as is the rest of the paper. You have a header with a running head and page number; headers are one half inch from the top of each page, and all margins are one inch. The words "Running Head:" should appear in the header on your title page, left aligned, and be followed by your running head in capital letters. 10. Your title is in standard text, not bolded or in italics, and should be centered on the page. Dates are not part of the cover for APA papers at Argosy University. 11. Your abstract is titled "Abstract" and is not in bold text or italics; it contains 120 words or fewer, is numbered page two (with numerals in place of word numbers), not first-line indented, and is double spaced. 12. You correctly cite every claim that is not your own or common knowledge and include all necessary information. If the item cited contains quotes, you correctly use a page or paragraph number. 13. The title of your references page is "References," not "Works Cited," and the text on the page does not contain boldfaced type, or italics, or all caps. It is in hanging indent format. Check that you have not used authors' first names, only initials. 14. Personal communications are only cited within the paper, not on the references page. All other sources match directly with a references citation for every source used in the paper and an in-text citation for every source listed on the references page. 15. You have correctly capitalized the titles of your reference works. You have included all required information for each type of citation according to your text. 16. Your resources are trustworthy and current. You have used the appropriate abbreviations as presented in your text. 17. Your sources are peer-reviewed; you have few or no sources that end in “.com” or “.org.” 18. You offer the exact address of any .

1. APA Format Checklist
Here is a list of things that you should look for in your final
paper:
1. You have a single, main point (thesis statement), and all
sentences in your paper directly relate to and support your
thesis statement.
2. Your main point is an original, clearly defined claim and is
consistent with current research on the subject selected.
3. Your word choice and language level show that you have a
formal, academic, university-level audience in mind.
4. You support your initial claim with the university-level
evidence you have gathered during your research.
5. If personal experience is used, you remember to convey that
information without resorting to conversational first-person
voice,
6. Your reader can easily determine which words are quotes,
which words are summaries or paraphrases, and which words
are your own ideas.
7. You present the strongest arguments against your claim; you
avoid the "straw man" fallacy and argue as hard for the other
side as you argue for your own.
8. You evaluate each possible objection and reply appropriately;
not all objections can be refuted but all must be addressed.
9. Your title page is double spaced, as is the rest of the paper.
You have a header with a running head and page number;
headers are one half inch from the top of each page, and all
margins are one inch. The words "Running Head:" should
appear in the header on your title page, left aligned, and be
followed by your running head in capital letters.
10. Your title is in standard text, not bolded or in italics, and
should be centered on the page. Dates are not part of the cover

2. for APA papers at Argosy University.
11. Your abstract is titled "Abstract" and is not in bold text or
italics; it contains 120 words or fewer, is numbered page two
(with numerals in place of word numbers), not first-line
indented, and is double spaced.
12. You correctly cite every claim that is not your own or
common knowledge and include all necessary information. If
the item cited contains quotes, you correctly use a page or
paragraph number.
13. The title of your references page is "References," not
"Works Cited," and the text on the page does not contain
boldfaced type, or italics, or all caps. It is in hanging indent
format. Check that you have not used authors' first names, only
initials.
14. Personal communications are only cited within the paper,
not on the references page. All other sources match directly
with a references citation for every source used in the paper and
an in-text citation for every source listed on the references
page.
15. You have correctly capitalized the titles of your reference
works. You have included all required information for each type
of citation according to your text.
16. Your resources are trustworthy and current. You have used
the appropriate abbreviations as presented in your text.
17. Your sources are peer-reviewed; you have few or no sources
that end in “.com” or “.org.”
18. You offer the exact address of any cited Web page, not
simply the home page of the sponsoring organization.
19. If your reader cannot access the page, you have included a
complete citation to the Web page's location.
20. You have removed artifacts (underlining, hyperlinks,
colored text, etc.) from the Web address and any period at the
end of the citation.
21. You correctly quote and paraphrase using the criteria in
your text. You include a page or paragraph number for every
quote. If a quote is more than 40 words, you remove the quote

3. marks, block indent five spaces from the left-hand margin, and
include the parenthetical citation in the block.
22. Any changes or commentary you add are included in
brackets. You use p. for a single page and pp. for multiple
pages.
23. You give full credit for all the work produced by someone
other than yourself.
24. You use appropriate language, avoiding wordiness, while
giving the reader all necessary information in strict APA style.
25. You have no spelling, punctuation, sentence, apostrophe, or
homophone errors.
26. You deliver your findings objectively, in the academic third
person voice, and avoid contractions, and any other
conversational and informal trope.
Running head: MEDIA 1
MEDIA 6
Influence of Media on the Body Image
Argosy University
January 27, 2016

4. Influence of Media on the Body Image
The research question that I raise on the influence of media on
the image of a body is, do the partakers trust that the media can
be alleged accountable for the texts sent out about the body
image? The research question based on the topic is aimed to
collect information on the overall response of the community.
A testable hypothesis is developed for the research so as to
understand the connection concerning the body fulfillment and
the media intake. The theory developed is: There will be an
adverse correlation amid the body satisfaction and usage of the
media. The study offers purposes to understand that the use of
media and the image of a body are correlated negatively. Image
of a body is known as being one of the major apprehensions of
women, and the study recommends that the disclosure to thin
facts in the media has the rule to influence the intensities of
satisfaction with an individual’s body. The images percentages
that portray thin body image in the media are high; however, the
media amount an individual consumes proposes that the
correlation with the fulfillment of the body will be in existent.

5. Citations
Altabe, M., & Thompson, J. K. (1996). Body image: A cognitive
self-schema construct? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 20(2),
171-193.
The topic being investigated in the article is about how the
image of a body has been a valuable hypothesis for accepting
eating ailments. The articled revealed that body image can be
well-defined in several methods: One notion of body image is as
an adopted outlook of individual form that gives influences and
behavior processing of information. The intellectual plan of
body image was established in chains of studies. Further current
researches have explored perceptive methods with the
information of body image, but have paid attention on weight-
related image of the body. A grouping of Markus' self-schema
concept and the theory of Higgins’ self-discrepancy were
utilized to designate a current body image interpretation as a
coopted self-representation. The theories predict certain
consequences of information processing of an organized
intellectual representation. The results confirm the actuality of
the representation. Different studies were carried out to test a
particular schema-like outlook of the image of body. In the first
study, body image plan variables were correlated with outdated
body image measures. In the second study, themes exposed to
outline relevant subjects displayed information processing
concerns consistent with the theory of self-representation.
Lastly, instructional set was revealed to adjust the schema
activation effect. The influences give body image schema and
yield inadequate information evidence concerning the nature of
the representation.
Cho, C. H. (2003). The effectiveness of banner advertisements:
Involvement and click-through. Journalism & Mass
Communication Quarterly, 80(3), 623-645.
The study in the article shows that individuals who are

6. extremely tangled with an artifact are highly expected to
connect a banner advertisement than the individuals with low
product association. The research establish an interface
influence of peripheral signals; ad animation and size), and
product involvement level on ticking of banner advertisements.
However, the optimistic association between banner clicking
and peripheral cues is highly prominent amid the ones with low,
instead of high, product engrossment. Banner advertisements
are method of advertisement found on the Internet. Investigators
have planned the efficiency of banner advertisements by
reviewing the rates of click-through rates that is occasionally
the basis for the pricing of the advertisements. The level of
efficiency of the banner advertisement is related to the product
association consumer level. Individuals with a level of low-
involvement are less likely to connect on the advertisement,
conflicting to the ones with a high-product engrossment, and
product knowledge.
Harper, B., & Tiggemann, M. (2008). The effect of thin ideal
media images on women’s self-objectification, mood, and body
image. Sex Roles, 58(9-10), 649-657.
The article is based on the objectification of women. The article
explored different forms of objectification. The study was
conducted by the women in the society. The results revealed
that most of the women in the society are influenced by the
media. The research focused of the research was to bring
awareness of the possible influences that objectification might
cause females. The authors wrote about the media and how
objectification could occur even in an environment. Several
researchers approve that the society of western has generated a
thin best body image. The image is linked in the mass media.
The body image of thin ideal is found in fashion and beauty
television, magazines, programming and on Internet sites. The
research wanted to control the correlation between body
dissatisfaction and media consumption, also the motivation to
transform the body of an individual. A study was carried out in
college age women to collect information. Generally, the

7. research found adequate correlations amid the factors.
Szymanski, D. M., Moffitt, L. B., & Carr, E. R. (2010). Sexual
objectification of women: Advances to theory and research. The
Counseling Psychologist, 0011000010378402.
The article is grounded on the research that was carried out to
categorize the influences the media has on females. The
research was conducted through the participants of the women
in the society. The study intended to study the effects of women
dismemberment in the society. They mainly examine the media
and the results revealed the problems that come from the
continued women exhibition. The research findings concludes
that media is the source of influence and education. The article
tries to connect depression and other factors of psychology to
the constant negative portrayal of women in the media.
Waller, G., Hamilton, K., & Shaw, J. (1992). Media influences
on body size estimation in eating disordered and comparison
subjects. British Review of Bulimia & Anorexia Nervosa.
The research in the article examines whether susceptibility to
media images of the bodies of females is related to the degree
of irregular eating approaches, and whether it is inadequate to
bulimics and anorexics. Twenty four women with eating
disorders and forty normal controls perceived a chain of
photographs from mass circulation magazines that concentrated
on the fashion of female. The medical group reacted to the
disturbing incentives by increasing their size of body
overestimation; nevertheless, the extent of the overestimation
was unrelated to the level of the psychopathology. The
influences of the pictures on body size approximation were
sturdier in the individuals with more pathological eating
approaches. A qualitative research concerning the sessions of
discussion with women diagnosed eating conditions reported
that some women admitted to have cut out models photos from
magazines and stuck them up to inspire them to stop eating.