Exploring media messages
- 1. EXPLORING MEDIA MESSAGES By: Evelyn Jaimes
- 2. For many years now, people have been using Photoshop to change someone's image to look “perfect.” In reality ,this model is skinny like the first picture in the right, but with Photoshop they change her up to look more full and not so skinny.
- 3. This ad shows how women are used for ads of all kinds. For example in this picture, the ad is trying to sell the car, but they put it on a women’s body to make it more “attractive” or get more attention.
- 4. So many models are forced to starve themselves to get the “perfect” look. The clothes that some models have to wear are under size 0. Many of the women who wear under size 0 clothes have to squeeze in them, even if they are already size 0. Because of reasons like these, the models develop eating disorders and end up getting a serious medical problem or die.
- 5. Young girls are now used in ads. This ad shows how they're trying to sell cosmetics of a young girl . That means girls are sexualized at a young age. Aware of the purchasing power of kids trough their parents, ads now take advantage of girls exposure to media to sell to them.
- 7. CONCLUSION Ads are creating a fake image of girls that young girls aspire for. The reality that ads are constructing is not realistic, because they are presenting a reality that doesn’t exit. This is dangerous for young girls because they see and try to do stuff that at their age shouldn't be done. For example they become sexualized, have low self- esteem, and they grow up too fast. It’s also dangerous for adults because they also see how other people look and try to get the perfect image they show in magazines. The result is unfortunate for the children and for the society because kids are going to grow up psychologically impaired and society suffers in general.
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