Photoshop's Negative Effects On Social Media And Body Image

Nowadays advertising actually is not a foreign matter to everybody in this modern life. We can see advertising everywhere around us from newspaper, radio, television to YouTube, or maybe on social media like Facebook, and Instagram. Advertising is an audio or visual form of showcasing correspondence that utilizes a transparently supported, and promote or sell a product, service or idea. For example, about the beauty standards, many magazines everyday produce images of impossible beauty; for this reason, many people suffer from poor body images, or trying hard on diet progress to get the fitness for their bodies. However, about the beauty advertisement, have you ever looked at a magazine or an advertisement on TV and thought, “I wish I could be slim like her!” or “I wish I had that ageless skin?” Would you be surprised to find out those models, actors, or celebrities don’t actually look like that? It seems a lot of companies have made a deceiving new best friend, Photoshop. Even though it is an unrealistic imagine; however, Photoshop not only makes …show more content…
Adobé opens the video with the strong statement about the new revolution in beauty in the introduction: “Finally, look the way you’ve always dreamed.” The overall of the advertising show the beauty standards, for example, having a brighter skin, erasing acnes, dark circles, whitening teeth, having full lips, changing hair colors, or even change the shape of body look sexier and slimmer. “Fotoshop of Adobé” introduces to the audience three solutions for the perfect beauty are “Healing brush”, “Hue/Saturation”, and “Liquify.” The ad is mostly for the women who want to make themselves look younger and more beautiful. It also introduces many famous models in there with the mood are happy, excited, and curious with the magically new edition software. However, it just gives an unrealistic and dramatic picture after