In this world of technology people would share every single moment of their lives if they could. Images play a critical role in American society to a point that everyone is using them to express their feelings and unspoken attitudes. However, in the past, people thought their lives were more important than to be constantly taking pictures all the time. People thought that their private images have a great value just for them, and they felt a need to be away from people’s eyes. The question here is, “Are all the images used in a positive way?” In the article “Image Culture,” Christina Rosen argues about the misuse of posted images in the media. In the same way, Kay Hymowitz supports Rosen in her article “Scenes from the Exhibitionists.” Hymowitz
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Rosen discusses how images can control the human mind’s “Brain mechanisms that help us to attend to things become tied up by the provocative image, unable to orient to other stimuli” (12). Vision plays a fundamental role in shaping imagination and even reality. For instance: when looking at images, memories can be remembered or imagination can be created. The word “tied” shows the great connection between the human brain and the images it views. When a person looks at any picture, it becomes a part of his/her identity and it sticks in the mind for a period of time; it might well control the actions afterwards. Supporting Rosen’s argument, Hymowitz discusses how Britney Spears exploited the cameras around her “revealed her waxed-nether regions to waiting photographs as she exited her limo” (Hymowitz 1). Her images were on the social media websites within minutes. These days, social media websites are more advanced, which enables people to share their private pictures with the whole world. Many people are seemingly unaware of the negative impact of these images, all they care about is to know more about their celebrities. Most of the celebrities do not care about if their fans will change their ideas about them because of their actions, their main concern is to be number one on the search inquiry pages. They …show more content…
Rosen explains how Photoshop deteriorates the relationship between a human’s mind and the images it records. She continues by saying that “Photoshop has introduced a new fecklessness into our relationship with the image” (Rosen 6). Rosen explains how Photoshop becomes affordable to a point that anybody with a camera has the power to change how people look. Photoshop deceives human’s minds in that it makes the mind take as fact images that are in truth not representative of reality. Hymowitz supports Rosen’s argument by discussing how these altered images are so destructive for women’s self-identity and reputation. She says that these images make the women so disposable that any user in the mass media websites can see their private images just by clicking on them. Women use the mass media to alter their real identity with these fake images, which breaks the connection between the mind and appearance. Hymowitz says women try to get people’s attention to feel positive about themselves in the mass media by posting their naked images on purpose. As a result of this overexposure of women’s images, men begin to look at the femalebody only as a source of sexual pleasure. She writes that “Some people believe that it is lingering misogyny rather than naturalexhibitionism that leads
Rosen discusses how images can control the human mind’s “Brain mechanisms that help us to attend to things become tied up by the provocative image, unable to orient to other stimuli” (12). Vision plays a fundamental role in shaping imagination and even reality. For instance: when looking at images, memories can be remembered or imagination can be created. The word “tied” shows the great connection between the human brain and the images it views. When a person looks at any picture, it becomes a part of his/her identity and it sticks in the mind for a period of time; it might well control the actions afterwards. Supporting Rosen’s argument, Hymowitz discusses how Britney Spears exploited the cameras around her “revealed her waxed-nether regions to waiting photographs as she exited her limo” (Hymowitz 1). Her images were on the social media websites within minutes. These days, social media websites are more advanced, which enables people to share their private pictures with the whole world. Many people are seemingly unaware of the negative impact of these images, all they care about is to know more about their celebrities. Most of the celebrities do not care about if their fans will change their ideas about them because of their actions, their main concern is to be number one on the search inquiry pages. They …show more content…
Rosen explains how Photoshop deteriorates the relationship between a human’s mind and the images it records. She continues by saying that “Photoshop has introduced a new fecklessness into our relationship with the image” (Rosen 6). Rosen explains how Photoshop becomes affordable to a point that anybody with a camera has the power to change how people look. Photoshop deceives human’s minds in that it makes the mind take as fact images that are in truth not representative of reality. Hymowitz supports Rosen’s argument by discussing how these altered images are so destructive for women’s self-identity and reputation. She says that these images make the women so disposable that any user in the mass media websites can see their private images just by clicking on them. Women use the mass media to alter their real identity with these fake images, which breaks the connection between the mind and appearance. Hymowitz says women try to get people’s attention to feel positive about themselves in the mass media by posting their naked images on purpose. As a result of this overexposure of women’s images, men begin to look at the femalebody only as a source of sexual pleasure. She writes that “Some people believe that it is lingering misogyny rather than naturalexhibitionism that leads