UNDER PRESSURESHANNON ASHBOCKER

SUE BRIGGS

ENGLISH 2010

APRIL 11 2011

FLAWLESS RIGHT

NOT

Advertisement ads can change a lot of things before actually putting a picture up for the advertisement

They can spend half a day preparing a woman for her shoot and then change the pictures using a computer program

bull Making the skin clearerbull Changing the shape of facebull Making hair look fullerbull Etc

DONrsquoT BELIEVE ME

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FLAWLESS RIGHT

NOT

Advertisement ads can change a lot of things before actually putting a picture up for the advertisement

They can spend half a day preparing a woman for her shoot and then change the pictures using a computer program

bull Making the skin clearerbull Changing the shape of facebull Making hair look fullerbull Etc

DONrsquoT BELIEVE ME

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049579]

NOT

Advertisement ads can change a lot of things before actually putting a picture up for the advertisement

They can spend half a day preparing a woman for her shoot and then change the pictures using a computer program

bull Making the skin clearerbull Changing the shape of facebull Making hair look fullerbull Etc

DONrsquoT BELIEVE ME

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049579]

DONrsquoT BELIEVE ME

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049579]

WHAT IS THE MEDIA DOING TO US

They are making us believe in perfection

They only want us to buy more things

They are making us believe that we are ugly and the only way to be pretty is to buy their product

INFLUENCES

The main media includes

bull TVbull Magazines

Both of these things have advertisements and tell stories about people who live perfect lives The media is almost showing us how to live a ldquoperfectrdquo life

TV INFLUENCE

The Average American watches 153 hours of TV in one month

Average time kids spend watching TV per day = 4 hours

66 of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

AFFECTING OUR MINDS

If we are watching TV so much it must be affecting us somehow

Whether the advertisements make us want to buy something or the shows on television make us want to be like the characters

EXAMPLE

On last weeks episode of Desperate Housewives one of the main characters influenced her husband to get away from his friends company for another better paying job

She eventually even lied to him to try to make him go for the better job

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

INFLUENCES

The main media includes

bull TVbull Magazines

Both of these things have advertisements and tell stories about people who live perfect lives The media is almost showing us how to live a ldquoperfectrdquo life

TV INFLUENCE

The Average American watches 153 hours of TV in one month

Average time kids spend watching TV per day = 4 hours

66 of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

AFFECTING OUR MINDS

If we are watching TV so much it must be affecting us somehow

Whether the advertisements make us want to buy something or the shows on television make us want to be like the characters

EXAMPLE

On last weeks episode of Desperate Housewives one of the main characters influenced her husband to get away from his friends company for another better paying job

She eventually even lied to him to try to make him go for the better job

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

TV INFLUENCE

The Average American watches 153 hours of TV in one month

Average time kids spend watching TV per day = 4 hours

66 of children (ages 10 to 16) surveyed say that their peers are influenced by TV shows

AFFECTING OUR MINDS

If we are watching TV so much it must be affecting us somehow

Whether the advertisements make us want to buy something or the shows on television make us want to be like the characters

EXAMPLE

On last weeks episode of Desperate Housewives one of the main characters influenced her husband to get away from his friends company for another better paying job

She eventually even lied to him to try to make him go for the better job

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

AFFECTING OUR MINDS

If we are watching TV so much it must be affecting us somehow

Whether the advertisements make us want to buy something or the shows on television make us want to be like the characters

EXAMPLE

On last weeks episode of Desperate Housewives one of the main characters influenced her husband to get away from his friends company for another better paying job

She eventually even lied to him to try to make him go for the better job

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

EXAMPLE

On last weeks episode of Desperate Housewives one of the main characters influenced her husband to get away from his friends company for another better paying job

She eventually even lied to him to try to make him go for the better job

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

MAGAZINE INFLUENCES

We may not necessarily buy a magazine every day but every time we go to the grocery store we do see the front covers of those magazines

bull Sometimes they even tempt us to want to read more with their intriguing headlines

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

MAGAZINESSeventeen magazine

bull Popular teenage magazine supposedly for girls ages 13-21

bull More like girls ages 11-16

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

SEVENTEEN

Advertisements new trends hair ideas make-up ideas ways to get boyfriends etc

Problems

bull Trends change with every magazinebull Always advertising a new product to usebull Help reader get a boyfriend and break up with a boyfriend on

the next pagebull Have an exercise section but the girl doing the exercises

does not look like she has been doing those exercises

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

US MAGAZINEMagazine that talks about celebrities

bull Mainly talks about their drama

Usually has at least one touching story

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

BAD INFLUENCE

The other day I was reading through this magazine when they had a section about plastic surgeries

It talked about which ones you should get and which ones you shouldnrsquot gethellip

It included eyes nose lips and your butt

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

WHAT DO WE DO

Irsquom not saying donrsquot watch TV or read a magazine

bull Just donrsquot buy into the scam of buying everything that is advertised

Is someone is having troubles let them know that they beautiful and there is nothing wrong with them

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosdefaultaspx[cp-documentid=7049578]

SOURCES

httpwwwparentstvorgptcfactsmediafactsasp

httpwwwepinionscomreviewmags-Seventeenmags-review-57B2-99E5C8-38BF6017-prod5

httpwwwdoveusfeaturesvideosvideogalleryaspx