Kelly Clarkson:
1. Self Magazine, Getty Images
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. Brighter lights make her look better, the way she's standing
4. Her
5. The picture is including a friendly smile, but is missing any sense of reality at all.
6. Yes, it makes you want to be happy, like her.
7. No, you can tell it's faked.
Andy Roddick
1. Men's fitness magazine
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. Lighting to make his muscles look better
4. He is.
5. The picture includes him, but again is missing a single shred of realness.
6. Yes, it makes you want to be as manly as he is.
7. No, his body doesn't look realistic at all.
Britney Spears
1. Japanese magazine
2. Airbrushing, photoshop
3. The image is sort of fuzzy, lighting makes her look softer, the way she's standing makes her appear very feminine.
4. She is.
5. She is in the picture, again, subtracting realness.
6. You're supposed to be attracted to her and think that she's pretty.
7. No, it's obviously manipulated.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Brick Walls
1. My most major critic is my father. Not necessarily because I take his advice and criticism to heart, but because I know that if he ever gives me advice or criticism, I know that I need to do the opposite of whatever he's telling me. Under no circumstances do I want to be anything like him, or anyone that he likes or can relate to; thus he is also my motivation to follow the anti-advice and crappy criticisms he provides.
Other essential critics include my sister, my brother, and my best friend, all whom are constantly presenting me with advice that keeps me thinking about who I'm turning into as a person.
2. In the past, my sister and I were never very close. She's eight years my senior and because of that we never really got along until she moved out of our parents' house. Since then, she and I have both grown and matured incredibly, and now we're best friends. She's given me my most critical pieces of advice and criticism. She is one of the people I admire most in the world, because we have a lot of similar experiences and she made the best of what she had. She's happy, and she's made a good life for herself. I'm always willing to accept constructive criticism from her, because she is a good model; she's not at all hypocritical and I know that since she's experienced what she's talking about, she knows and her criticism might actually help me.
3. One time I thought I was in a class to learn about media literacy, but it turns out I was just learning how to make up cheesy answers to questions. On the bright side, I had a wonderful spectacular teacher, who was a beautiful person inside and out :]
Other essential critics include my sister, my brother, and my best friend, all whom are constantly presenting me with advice that keeps me thinking about who I'm turning into as a person.
2. In the past, my sister and I were never very close. She's eight years my senior and because of that we never really got along until she moved out of our parents' house. Since then, she and I have both grown and matured incredibly, and now we're best friends. She's given me my most critical pieces of advice and criticism. She is one of the people I admire most in the world, because we have a lot of similar experiences and she made the best of what she had. She's happy, and she's made a good life for herself. I'm always willing to accept constructive criticism from her, because she is a good model; she's not at all hypocritical and I know that since she's experienced what she's talking about, she knows and her criticism might actually help me.
3. One time I thought I was in a class to learn about media literacy, but it turns out I was just learning how to make up cheesy answers to questions. On the bright side, I had a wonderful spectacular teacher, who was a beautiful person inside and out :]
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Politics 2.0
1. Obama's campaign on YouTube was so much more successful that McCain's because Obama made his videos entertaining and informative. He made a lot more videos than McCain and thus appealed to a lot more people, racking up the equivalent of several million hours of view time by the end of the election.
2. YouTube changed elections in the U.S. because now people can watch ads and form opinions on their own time; plus the amount of money campaigning cost will go way down since making and posting videos on YouTube is free. I think that it's a positive that people always have access to candidates. People can become informed on all the candidates on their own time and form their own opinions by the videos the candidates choose to post, and hopefully the amount of mudslinging will go down at least a tiny bit because instead of trying to guess the demographic their information will be distributed to, the candidates can just let people find it on their own.
2. YouTube changed elections in the U.S. because now people can watch ads and form opinions on their own time; plus the amount of money campaigning cost will go way down since making and posting videos on YouTube is free. I think that it's a positive that people always have access to candidates. People can become informed on all the candidates on their own time and form their own opinions by the videos the candidates choose to post, and hopefully the amount of mudslinging will go down at least a tiny bit because instead of trying to guess the demographic their information will be distributed to, the candidates can just let people find it on their own.
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