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    4.03: the Power of Images

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    Alcohol has been produced by humans for over 12‚000 years many ancient farming efforts were undertaken not so much for the food alcohol has impacted every society since caveman times in one way or another. Some have used it in worship rituals‚ some in social customs‚ some have had widespread social problems with alcohol and have banned it altogether. Alcohol is a chemically as ethyl alcohol or ethano produced by fermenting and distilling a number of different fruits‚vegetables or grains.The ethyl

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    process by which the various representatives of society-parents‚ teachers‚ political leaders‚ mass media teach people the ways of society and form their basic qualities.” 1We are taught to deal with our environment through the interaction with people we met. Socialization is not only the process when we were young‚ it is actually a lifelong process teaching us how to fit in the society in every stage of life. We learn the expectation of the society and when we accept the rules of games‚ we internalize

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    5 An angelic-looking white child embracing a black one whose hair shaped into devil’s horns created a lot of consternation among Black groups in the US (1991) Picture 6 War Cemetery (1991) 16 Picture 7 Tongues (1991). In the Middle East‚ this image was considered pornographic. Picture 8 Girl with Doll (1992) Picture 9 A bird stuck in an oil slick (1992) Picture 10 Killing in Kosovo (1992) Picture 11 A boat overcrowded with Albanians (1992) Picture 12 A man (David Kirby) dying of AIDS surrounded

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    closely examine each piece of work for a deeper‚ disguised meaning that every artist has somehow instilled in his or her creations. Despite the popularity of this custom‚ a number of artists continue to convey opposition to it. Such sentiment is especially evident in René Magritte’s famed painting‚ Not to be Reproduced. I contend that Magritte’s Not to be Reproduced divulges the futility of the excessive scrutiny of images and simultaneously contrasts traditional and modern forms of mediation. One of

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    Body image has had a major influence in today’s general media. Different types of sources have been displayed both online and offline. For example‚ pictures have been posted‚ blogs have been viewed‚ websites have been created‚ newspaper and magazine articles have been read and television shows have been produced. Body image is described as how you see yourself‚ how you think others see you and how you feel about the way you look. It is influenced by many things including appearance‚ size‚ gender

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    requires me to conduct research on female slim images in advertising‚ focus on a problem of negative impactions of advertising images of slim female models and beauty stereotypes1 and answer a research question “how slim images in advertising effect on women’s behavior?”. In the research topic I am writing about issues that inspired to highlight this theme. In a problem statement I am talking about current situation and negative impact of slim images in advertising. In research purpose I am explaining

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    Media and Body Image

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    “Media and Body Image” The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)‚ an organization led by Ingrid Newkirk‚ fights for the rights of animals all over the world. According to PETA (n.d.)‚ its main goal is to give “attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms‚ in the clothing trade‚ in laboratories‚ and in the entertainment industry”. However in the year 2009‚ the animal rights organization

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    The Real Truth Behind Ads

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    The Real Truth Behind Ads We all have looked through a magazine at least once in our lives. Advertising is all around us‚ everywhere we go and basically everything we see has some type of ad on it. As women‚ advertising tells us everything we need to know; we need to be perfect‚ have the best body‚ best hair and make sure we can look as young as possible for as long as we can. Advertising puts this image of women as being perfect‚ when in reality we are not. We have flaws and not all of us can

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    Mass Media and Body Image

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    The Mass Media and Body Image The Mass Media and Body Image There are many factors that contribute to the construction of gender. One factor is the influence of the mass media. The mass media displays very distinct ideas about what the roles of men and women are‚ especially when it comes to body image. Images of men with bulging biceps and perfectly sculpted six packs‚ and women with abnormally large breasts that defy gravity and stomachs that have virtually zero fat on them bombard us at

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    Society’s Body Image Ideals‚ Media‚ and its Effect on Women There is a saying that beauty is only skin-deep; this skin must be very deep because beauty seems to affect every woman’s life. Why is that men are judged by what they do‚ what they drive‚ possess‚ etc‚ while women are judged by how they look? We live in a cruel‚ cold world‚ where a woman is not a complete package if she does not meet the society’s standard of beauty. For a man‚ their mind matters‚ where for a woman‚ the outer matters

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