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There are three parts that make up social influence. One part is conformity and the other two are compliance and obedience. Conformity is defined as adapting to social norms from exposure to information or the social pressures of others. Conformity is present in our society today in many different ways. One of the main ways is through social media. On apps like Instagram or Twitter, trends are started by famous people and companies. This leads to large groups of people doing or buy what these…

Things you really need to know about waist training Waist training is currently a popular subject. Is that the same as wearing corsets? I would say they are related, but it's not quite the same. In waist training, one's true waist is gradually reduced by consistently wearing corsets. While wearing corsets can be done for fun, fashion, costumes, as a base and even for medical purposes and for supporting the back. How did waist training come about? Why do you think waist training has become so…

Why Women Hate Their Hair It should not surprise too many people to find out that the vast majority of women absolutely hate their hair. Sure, some women may like their unique color or hairstyle, but what they simply cannot stand is the grueling hours it takes them to curl, straighten or hairspray their hair into a presentable form. The good news is that, although many women can relate to this dreadful feeling, there are a few simple things that even you can do to improve your view of your “do.”…

battle, implies that boys are supposed to grow up and get jobs where they will be using weapons and fighting such as joining the army or going into a law enforcement career. Since the commercial was made in 1964, a time during the Vietnam war, advertising weapons to young boys could be seen as a way the media is trying to influence children to grow up and live their life in a certain way, in this case boys growing up and fighting in the Vietnam…

Routes of Persuasion (Central & Peripheral) Introduction: Persuasion is used in everyday life in different ways such as trying to get someone to buy a product or using it as a way to promote a cause. There are two different ways or routes of persuasion. The central route of persuasion, which gives people facts and peripheral route of persuasion, which give people information in a joking kind of way, such as puns or inside jokes. This experiment was organised to examine which of the two routes…

Selective Censorship seems to be a large debate in today’s world of technology. Through the use of television, as well as internet on cell phones, Chromebooks, and regular desk top computers, companies speak to children primarily by the use of commercials. This may sound like a freedom of speech and seem open and honest. Actually children often get persuaded to think differently, purchase certain items and accept behaviors that might not agree with their family traditions. I feel that…

In this article written by Whitney Friedlander and published in variety magazine is about how costume designers make fashion statements. Often times the people who set trends are celebrities, fashion bloggers, or just free spirit people, but this article proves something different. It proves that the creativity that costumes designers have is truly amazing. Costume designers design and put outfits together based on what the film or TV show is about or even what the director is wanting the…

While search through the social media platform Instagram I came across this photo of Jordan Dunn promoting the Maybelline New York Rock Nude palette. Six weeks ago the photo was posted for New Years Eve. Jordan Dunn was just one of the models that were promoting the new eyeshadow palette. This Instagram account does not particular name one person who contributes to the photos but it own by Maybelline. Maybelline is a cosmetic company based in New York. Tom Williams created the Maybelline…

In the world of advertisements, companies thrive on targeting a specific type of generation, sex, and product orientation. Advertisements rely on many things to attract their target buyer. Bright colors are one of many ways that consumers fall into the “mousetrap” that advertisers set to lure in the revenue and profits on their product. Another way that advertisers lure in customers is by using provocative and seductive images. In many cases, these images are correlated with colognes,…

more serious topics, such as smoking, pollution, and global warming. They use plenty of rhetorical devices to capture the eyes of consumers and convince them to see their view of what is being sold or displayed. In this print advertisement, by advertising agency Red Pepper in Ekaterinburg, Russia, they are doing both, persuading and informing, by using different techniques, such as body composition, pathos, logos, focal point,…