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Some insight into how media images are processed into behavior comes from a 2004 Harvard study on the arrival of TV in Western Fiji. The most noticeable change was that Fijian women became dissatisfied with their bodies and tried to lose weight. They didn't necessarily want to be like Europeans; they just wanted to look like them. Is it possible that the situation for teens and tweens is the same? They don't want to be like the characters in Gossip Girl (only 16% of whose viewers are actually teen girls) or America's Next Top Model; they just...
...fear of cultural amnesia - particularly of the region's traditional arts and crafts - that underlay the festival's inauguration in Suva, Fiji, in 1972. As "each and every one of our countries aspire to economic prosperity, we are all deeply conscious that the quality of life is what matters in the end," Fiji's then-Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, told delegates. In the 36 years since, the event has opened itself up to cross-cultural exchange (Townsville, 1988), contemporary art (Noumea, 2000) and, most recently, the arts of the northern Pacific (Palau, 2004), to become what the Secretariat...
...those who crave more action, Abercrombie & Kent's 18-day Lost Islands of the Pacific tour (departing Feb. 16, 2009, and costing between $7,995 and $14,695; (www.abercrombiekent.co.uk) visits New Zealand, Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, taking in some of the world's most stunning landscapes - from mountain retreats to pristine beaches - and most glorious tropical reefs. Hedonistic globetrotters have never had it so good...
...feel good about yourself in order to be a good consumer,” Shames said. Becker, an anthropologist, found that the Fijian populace—where women were traditionally very comfortable with varying body images—was radically changed within three years by the introduction of television. (Fiji was one of the last places on Earth to receive television access.) The community began to obsess over dieting, and 11 percent of teenage girls began making themselves throw up to lose weight, a comparable level to Massachusetts. The panelists emphasized the importance of discussing these issues in the public...
...ballroom a few yards from the casino. And yet the hotel was still unsatisfied. "For us, that room has nothing in it," said Alan Feldman, Bellagio's senior vice president of public affairs. "Even the water is in pitchers. We would never do that. It would be bottles of Fiji in little cooled metal holders. Next year, we want to sit down with the party and find out how to make it better. And bigger." I so love Vegas...