When celebrities altered their images to look curvier, skinner more “desirable” can this be a Manipulation of Public? (Lorenzo, pg.1) Manipulation of Public is the concept in which that relates techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests (Wikipedia). Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies and propaganda techniques and often involve the suppression of information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply diverting attention elsewhere (Wikipedia). In my opinion, it is. Celebrities have thousands of fans, and people who look up to them. Creating false illusions of images that are not in their natural state is manipulation. But in comparison to the class example, it may not be. In class, we looked at images that were dramatized so that it can appear more interesting. Like the OJ picture different newspaper articles used the same image but some made him look more “fearful and dangerous” by adding darker colors on the image. Our eyes are equipped to look at things
When celebrities altered their images to look curvier, skinner more “desirable” can this be a Manipulation of Public? (Lorenzo, pg.1) Manipulation of Public is the concept in which that relates techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests (Wikipedia). Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies and propaganda techniques and often involve the suppression of information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply diverting attention elsewhere (Wikipedia). In my opinion, it is. Celebrities have thousands of fans, and people who look up to them. Creating false illusions of images that are not in their natural state is manipulation. But in comparison to the class example, it may not be. In class, we looked at images that were dramatized so that it can appear more interesting. Like the OJ picture different newspaper articles used the same image but some made him look more “fearful and dangerous” by adding darker colors on the image. Our eyes are equipped to look at things