Social Media's Abuse Of Women

As we follow to review any type of advertisement besides the image and colors we also have another important detail such as the content of text.In this particular advertisement we have at the top center once again what drags our eyes to the main key this imagine is transmitting "Dollar & Sense" .Attach with some statistics of about 63 percent of woman having to deal with credit card debt at an early stage of their life .To the audience eyes this explains the white woman's body replacing the body of George Washington.

The media is trying to condition women into thinking that they need to look a certain way and be a certain weight to be beautiful and to fit in. With pictures and advertisements of unrealistic looking women selling the next best thing to help us achieve beauty and acceptance. And cyber bullies that have nothing better to do than belittle someone and body shame people are having a big impact on the way women and men see themselves and it needs to stop. I feel that we have come a long way in society from even two or three years ago, with women like Demi Lovato, Mellissa McCarthy and more putting positive body images and messages on social media telling women young and old to love their body the way it is.

Firstly, the visual is attractive and eye-catching because the use of colors is strategic. The advertisement on Saks Fifth Avenue portrays a lady in a polka dot dress, composed of black and white, with a piano in the background. Moreover, there are writings on the picture with “Saks Fifth Avenue”(Advertisement) in bold large fonts and the location of the shop at the bottom. A shallow interpretation of the advertisement will be that it represents a clothing line for simple yet outgoing ladies. This plays an important role because, if the colors used where both dull, then neither the lady nor the writing will present conspicuous. As a result, since both colors used were extreme, it brings out the important information printed in white very clearly. Likewise, the white and black color displayed suits the theme of the advertisement. It brings out the purpose and elegance in

"I woke up like this, I woke up like this, flawless, Ladies tell them" (Beyonce Verse 3)! Females may look like a million bucks on Facebook (a social media website), but do they feel like a million bucks? There are many females who pretend to be untroubled on social media so others will not view them as emotionally weak and unstable. "Specifically, [women] are misusing the social media tools given to them and creating false impressions of themselves that are fueling their own insecurities..." (Negroni Screen 2). Women pretend to be someone there not on social media, so no-one will know how they really feel. The artwork successfully shows how the woman feels by using color, contrast between light and dark, as well as juxtapostion .

The advertisement is for a company known as Taylor. Taylor is a well-known manufacturer of primarily acoustic guitars. The page features a photograph cropped in the shape of an acoustic guitar body, depicting a brilliantly colored image of a older man in a red jacket in a forest looking at the trees. The image stretches over the entire height of the advertisement and takes up less than half of the page. The image alone was enough to grab attention and strives to do the same with the audience of the magazine. When the advertisement grabs hold of the reader, it hopes to pull them into reading the small paragraph and hear them out. The advertisement does rather well at pulling in the reader by using two appeals, pathos, and

The dark grey fading into a white towards the bottom of the image captures our eyes towards the model as the main point of focus due to such a drastic differentiation in the colors scheme of her dress. The creators have chosen to use the color grey as the background color because, grey is commonly associated with the emotions such as depression, sadness, and also the feeling of loss. The grey background slowly fading into the lighter colors of grey and white toward the model captures the focus of the audience by attempting to use the “halo effect” making her look as if she is more innocent. The color white is associated with the idea of things being heavenly, purity, and also goodness. This color choice helps reinstate the idea that women are often the victims in most cases of domestic abuse and that most of them are often not deserving of the abuse. Most women who are abused are usually unable to fight back and are seen in the public eye as a “pure soul” who never goes through harm. That idea is perfectly portrayed by the creators choice of the lighter white blending into the darker

When starting this ePhoto project, I thought it was going to be really hard to find pictures for each week’s topics. However, I found that it was very easy to connect class topics to social media. Most of my photos came from Facebook, and Buzzfeed, a YouTube channel that posts videos on social change. In this paper, I will be analysis my photos over the semester by discussing overarching themes, in particular, gender stereotypes and objectification of women. Then I will analyze the photos from an intersectionality perspective and its importance. In addition, I will self-reflect about how gender, sex, and sexuality influence my life and how my beliefs have been challenged over the semester. Finally, I will conclude my paper with ways, in which, we can make social change, so we can reduce gender stereotypes.

An advertisement in the September 2016 issue of the health and fitness magazine “Experience Life” is inescapable for its fit model holding a glass of milk, with her bicycle leaning against the fence and partially resting on her knee. The athlete occupies the foreground; the middle ground features cows and expansive lush green pasture, while the background is characterized by a farm building with its backdrop covered of rolling hills and sun rays peeking through the tree line beyond. The Milk Life advertisement is almost entirely visual, with the entire page covered by the photograph and the advertising text covering over the image. This gives the impression of the text fading in comparison to the graphic message. Although seemingly ordinary

They are symbolic in nature. People need to decipher the meaning of a word in order to experience an emotional reaction to it. MAC kept their wording short, simple, and sweet. The thing that stands out the most in their wording is that everything is in all capital letters in this advertisement. Starting from the top of the advertisement, their brand is at the very top, which is one of the first things a person reads, and it is the biggest font on this page. Words that are enlarged grab the consumer’s attention and produce a bigger impact. Underneath MAC is the word strength, which is in all capital letters, in bold, and is only slightly smaller than the brand name size. The word strength is also spaced out, which leads a person to believe that they are trying to allow smooth word recognitioning because it is the only thing that is spaced out in the ad. Now, at the bottom of the ad there is a statement, and it is also in all capital letters and it is in bold. In this case, the sentence is saying to, “Strike a pose, stand out and redefine the notion of beauty in a colour collection too irresistible to

The ad uses much pathos in their writing, one example is where it states, “Break the mold. Go sensationally bold”, in correspondingly bold print, of course. This ad definitely plays to women’s emotions and their insecurities. A second example of text in this ad is where it says, “Break the mold #LOADEDBOLDS.” While repetition can be persuasive and that hashtags can be appealing to young people, that may not be all it takes. To begin, it is common for older people to assume that young people are extremely keen on hashtags, but, in this case, the only reason a young woman is probably going to want to use this hashtag is to find out more about this product. Furthermore, she probably will want to find out more about these lipsticks. Another way the ad uses pathos is in the visuals of the ad. Aside from some mentionings of a, “base with creamy clay” and “scrumptious honey nectar”, the writing does not provide much information on the actual product. Evidently, in this ad, the print’s main purpose is not information, but pathos. Next, overall, the ad’s visuals look bright, fun, and confident; all adjectives that most women would like to embody. Furthermore, the items pictured are all large, vivid, and in-your-face; just the way they need to be to show how absolutely bold this lipstick is. These visuals are a continuation of the ad’s utilization of pathos. In summary, even though this ad may lack information

It does this by having the question in bold, all capitals, large font and in white writing which stands out due to the contrast against the dark background. After the reader has read the question, the reader’s eyes are then immediately drawn to both faces which are illuminated. This was done specifically as to make the reader’s eyes go from the first light coloured thing which was the text to the faces and also follows the instinctive reading style of top to bottom and left to right. After the reader has had time to analyse the faces, their eyes then subconsciously notice the smaller, white writing in the bottom. This answers the initial question the advert asks which confronts the reader and questions their beliefs or prejudices as well as publicise their website to the reader such that they can do further research. The Tag advertisement however does much the same, with the writing being bold and right in the middle as to immediately get the reader’s attention, soon after reading, the image of the guy getting piled-on is soon seen. This also plays off the instinctive reading and viewing style of top to bottom, with the product placement being seen last on the bottom right. Unlike the previous advertisement, TAG also further shows the image of their product, such that even if you look at this advertisement because you find it funny, you will subconsciously remember the product and relate it to happiness when you see it in store. This will further incline you to purchasing the

One might look at this piece of advertisement and think to themselves, “Wow that is an extremely ugly advertisement.” or they’ll say to their friend next to them, “Hey look at this ridiculous ad.” There’s no in-between. There’s no debating here, this ad is one of the most unappealing pieces of so-called artwork to exist. It doesn’t even try to look appealing it’s just plain out obnoxious. Look at all that pink, and they’re not even the same shade of pink! Horrendous. While one, who are we kidding here it’s everyone, might make a remark about the unattractiveness of it, they’re still making a remark about it. And that thirty second conversation about this ad to someone else is thirty seconds of extra advertisement. That conversation will slip

The first piece of persuasion seen in this advertisement is the use of contrasting colors. Colors that contrast in a natural way catch a viewer’s attention. In this advertisement, the caption of “love. without the handles” is spelled out in large white letters at the top (Popchips). These white letters are placed onto a red background, creating the sharp contrast that is meant to catch the reader’s eye. This contrast and attention getter is a key part of the advertisement’s persuasion. In “The Psychology of Color in Marketing and Branding”, Gregory Ciotti, publisher and writer on Help Scout, writes that “while a large majority of consumers prefer color patterns with similar hues, they favor palettes with a highly contrasting accent color.” This advertisement creates the contrast that consumers favor. A viewer who glances at this advertisement will be more pleased with the appearance, which in turn will equate to a longer view time.

Heterosexism is where one believes that liking or loving the opposite sex is the “Norm”

One specific event that proves that social network media benefits feminism was in 2014, with the hashtag #YesAllWomen. An incident happened in May 2014 where a young man, Elliot Rodger, expressed his hatred for women and he went on a shooting spree in Santa Barbara, California, targeting women. After this tragedy made the news, thousands of women posted on various social networks with the hashtag #YesAllWomen, in order to share the ways sexism and violence affects everyone in their daily life. This hashtag trended all over social networking sites, particularly on Twitter, for months after the event. (Chittal). Celebrities also took part in this trending hashtag and showed their support for feminism, which initially promoted feminism as their substantial amount of followers became informed on the hashtag as well. For example, famous actress and activist, Sophia Bush posted on Twitter: “I shouldn’t have to hold my car keys in hand like a weapon & check over my shoulder every few seconds when I walk at night #YesAllWomen.” Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, posted on Twitter: “#YesAllWomen deserve to live free from threats of domestic violence & sexual assault. We must shine a bright light on such despicable crimes” (Feeney). #YesAllWomen was a way that women showed support for other women and it fought against sexism and violence. This hashtag brought together diverse women and it showed how strong of a presence feminism can have on a