Summary Of The Article 'Its The Image That Is Imperfect'

Deanna Shelley
English 101

Annotated Bibliography
Rajagopal, Indhu, and Jennifer Gales. "Its The Image That is Imperfect." Economic and Political Weekly. 37.32 (2009): 3333-3337. Print. It examines how gender based social images that are transmitted through the media act as barriers to realizing student’s full potential on their life and how media shape the images, especially those of girls and women. The article feels that as far as gender issues in ads are concerned, it can proven. The audience of this source is teenage girls and women.
Yes the source did reach my research needs, it had a lot of information concerning ads that continue to objectify women and place stress solely on their appearance, devaluing their worth. I liked the
source because it was easy to understand and made some great points that I hadn’t thought about before. Kilbourne, Jean, dir.
Killing Us Softly 4. 2010. Film. The film shows how advertisement includes a decline in self-esteem experienced by teens, eating disorders, and violence against women, among many others. Kilbourne shows the way the ads sell values and lifestyles as well as material things, and some of the most common ideas portrayed in advertising. The audience the source was trying to reach, were young girls, college students, women and men. I will be using it in my final draft because Kilbourne in a fascinating way displays an array of print and television advertisements to reveal a pattern of disturbing and destructive gender stereotypes. Her analysis challenges us to consider the relationship between advertising and broader issues of culture, identity, sexism, and gender violence
Melago, Carrie. "Ralph Lauren Model Filippa Hamilton: I was fired because I was to fat!" Daily News [New York] 14 Oct 2009, n. pag. Print. The newspaper article showed that a Ralph Lauren ad that featured Hamilton was altered to make her look very thin. This article was trying to reach everyone as an audience. I feel that the article was written so that people aware that these articles are at times dishonest in what the models bodies really look
like.
Yes I will use the article in my research as an example of the dishonest ways these ads can be in making a model look perfect just to sell a product. I thought it was a great example of how the images can be altered to look different.
Voyer, Marc. "Top Ten Worst Male Bashing Ads." Askmen. 2013: n. page. Print. The source shows examples of ads that make men look dumb and women look smarter. I believe it wanted to show readers how men are portrayed as useless, stereotypical men or absolute airheads. The audience for the source I think was geared more toward men since it is a men’s magazine
I will use this source in my research paper. It shows a twist on how women are not the only ones that are degraded in ads. I did like the source, it was funny and kept my attention but after reading the article and watching the videos I felt sorry for the men in the ads. .

Purcell, Charles. "Welcome to Adland, Where all men are morons." Sydney Morning Herald. (2010): n. page. Print. This article is trying to get across to its readers whether its men or women the portrayal of men as witless, morons is as offensive as the portrayal of women as mindless sex objects.
Yes I will use this source as part of my research paper, it gives some really good examples of men being portrayed as not being as smart as women. How there is a double standard between women and men’s ads.