Advertisement Analysis

Recently we've been looking at the practice of advertising and also what it says about our culture and society. In order to investigate this further we were divided into groups and given an advertisement to analyze. This is an advertisement from Marlboro - a popular cigarette brand - which was produced in the 1950s. At the top of the ad we see the tagline "Escape from...

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Should the practice of using Photoshop in the media be banned?

For many years Photoshop has been used to "re-touch" images portrayed in the media however recently people have begun to notice just how ridiculous this practice has become. Models and celebrities are now being altered almost beyond recognition in order to promote an unattainable idea of beauty. Just looking at a few examples of this one must ask themselves "How many...

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