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Hydroxycut is one of the many products on the market aimed toward consumers who are looking to lose weight. However, the advertisement includes statistics from a 60-day study as well as information about both of the different forms of the supplement as well as places of availability. The advertisers use several initial appeal techniques of graphics, color, word choices, and cognitive dissonance. Additionally, two rhetorical appeals were used, ethos and pathos. Finally, according to Maslow’s…

Madison Gecsey ID #77247473 11 December 2014 Current Issue: Women in Media Throughout history women have been hypersexualized in all forms of media whether it be magazines, movies, commercials, ads, or video games and it is no different in today ' media. The only aspects that have changed over the years is what the ideal woman looks like and how the entertainment industry objectifies women. In the past, women were over-sexualized in the media by placing them in situations that depicted their:…

Media goes a long way into how it helps shape people’s identities. One part of media that helps portray this argument is advertisement. Advertisement can be seen anywhere. Some may be beneficial and some not so much. Advertisements create false stories based on people’s perceptions about how they see a person depending on their gender, sexuality, and race. In author Mallika Das’ article “Men and Women in Indian Magazine Advertisements: A Preliminary Report” she quotes, “Past research indicates…

When we think of terrorists we think of the middle east, and how they attack the United States and other countries. This paper will briefly discuss what is terrorism and the weapons of mass destruction they use, and how it can affect western areas over a period of time. Terrorism has been around for centuries, terrorism is a group of people trying to terrorize a population or overthrow a regime either through the military or communities. The english term terrorism comes from the term regime de…

This time of year, with holiday shopping, events, parties, family coming in, or traveling -things can get a little stressful! We have never ending demands, almost no free time, which leads to an emotional roller coaster, which usually results with stuffing our faces full of junk! I will show you how to arm yourself so that you will never be forced to eat nasty food court slop or hit a "drive thru" again! I personally suffered from the binds of emotional eating much of my early life, as these…

Every year new trends arise and become the new gender norms. These gender norms become what women strive to achieve in order to be the definition of perfection. Sandra Bartky published her theories in 1990 and twenty-five years later, in 2015, many of the situations are still very similar. A lot is expected from women and many women will do whatever it takes in order to be considered attractive, especially by the opposite sex. The first point that Bartky brings up is that there are those…

From the ancient Greek mythology of the “Judgment of Paris” to the selection of the May Day Queen in the United States, it is clear that the narrative of “beauty contests” amongst women is not a recent human construction; rather, its long history may in fact partially explain how we have come to normalize the judgment of female bodies. Nevertheless, the issue is even more problematic when we extend this practice to the bodies of extremely young girls. Three-year-old Paisley Dickey made headline…

The Last Hoorah It was a Wednesday, the last Wednesday with my sister to be exact, and a split decision lead us on one big adventure. My sister Amber was leaving for South Korea with her new husband, Brian, and we wanted to have one last hoorah before she left the states. With little time and almost no planning we decided to go all the way to Monroe, Michigan, a fifty five minute drive, and go jump off the legendary cliffs. Waking up the following morning after deciding we were going, I…

acidic mixture of morose and rage. The shadow standing over me belonged to none other than the dirty-blonde hair, spray-tanned, voluptuous figure of my ex-girlfriend Leena. She smirked with her hands on her hips wearing nothing but a very revealing red bikini. “Like, where have you been hiding all day?” she said, her eyes narrowing with a coy smile playing on her lips. Immediately I felt a sense of revulsion, how could she stand casually and act like nothing was wrong? Leena rolled her eyes,…

Hayley Wilgers History of Rock and Roll March 25, 20 Pop Rock, well known in early days as well as today, precisely means popular. Many believe the term “Pop Rock” to be more of a commercial term, and would describe it as a lighter version of “Rock” in itself. After the British Invasion, people started to use it to oppose the original “Rock” term. It is an upbeat type of music and is very well known by fans of Elvis, The Bee Gees, and The Police. Rock and Roll was one major music category, and…