Fotoshop

Advertisements are some of the worlds most powerful messages. They can change the way people dress, act and feel.  Sometimes, producers take photoshop way too far and change even the ugliest of people into slim, fit, model like women. Companies and magazines change these men and women for their own benefits. The companies gain money while 'regular' people like will have low self-esteem. There is no other reason that people are portrayed like this in media besides from gaining money. They change people's appearance of people to advertise products and to exaggerate what the product is capable of. People like me will see these images and will want to be more like them, whether it is to be more beautiful, handsome, stronger, taller, or more skinny. For some people, this is not very healthy because they will do what they need to in order to look like those they see in the media. For instance, a friend of my sister began to starve herself just to look skinnier. She looked as if she had not eaten in weeks and although she looked skinnier, she also looked a lot bonier and 'dead.' I believe there are ways that we can reduce the number of teenagers that are negatively affected by the media. The first is that companies should reduce the amount of editing done to people on covers of magazines or advertisements. Second the media could advertise those not as pretty as those we usually see. For example, a nerd who becomes very popular. This way, people will have their confidence increased. So what would this world be like if people on the cover of magazines were not glammed up? I think that people across the whole world will have more self-esteem without question. At the same time, companies and magazines will go bankrupt. I don't think that the society can withstand this because when a large company goes bankrupt, it will end in a cycle when workers don't have the money to buy other things.