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This article discusses the cultural ideology that permeates our society surrounding female body image by focusing specifically on socially constructed ideals of beauty and identity as they are represented in media texts-those of the makeover programs, A Makeover Story, What Not to Wear, and Extreme Makeover. For this study, we conducted textual analyses of selected episodes of each of these programs to examine the ideological impact of patriarchy, particularly as it relates to female body image.Cosmetics companies promise women an outcome and suggest an ideal way of looking. Voluminous eyelashes, moisturizing lip color, natural looking face powder, and age defying face creams all become part of something Schwichtenberg (1989) calls an "ideology of beauty" (p. 293). According to Keranen (2000), this ideology works by transforming an ideal beauty into a timeless, universal standard toward which "ideal women" should strive (p. 153). Advertising has been telling women for years that through the purchase of cosmetic products, they too can become the "ideal." Ironically, the very same advertisements that claim to unlock every woman's beauty instill the notion that women are somehow inherently flawed without beauty enhancing products (Keranen, 2000). Hence, the need for the makeover arises in discourses related to beauty.

This content analysis found that official sources were more prominent in government-oriented stories, while non-ofßcial sources were more common when the story focused on citizen-oriented topics. X N! ews media coverage plays a crucial role in the immediate reaction to disasters, the shaping of disaster policy and even the efforts to prepare for and prevent future disasters. Therefore, newsgathering and dissemination are playing a significant role in providing disaster information to individuals, who then use this information to form their opinions and develop their policy preferences.T his paper examines sources quoted in newspapers published in some of the affected areas-New Orleans, Lake Charles, Biloxi, Houston and Beaumont. Specifically, this paper explored source diversity by examining sources quoted in these local newspapers. Though there have been some studies on media coverage and Hurricane Katrina,^ this study focuses on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and newspaper story sources, particularly the number of official sources versus unofficial sources. There is little research on media coverage of Hurricane Rita. This study provides research on media coverage, particularly sources quoted in newspaper coverage, on both hurricanes. This study also investigates source diversity by examining the coverage of the disasters.