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Media of all types has always been a dynamic force that shapes how people think, what they believe and how they see the world. We are confronted with many different forms of media throughout a normal day. Visual media, as in pictures and graphics, is extremely productive in appealing to our senses. A popular kind of visual media is the political cartoon. These cartoons are usually illustrations that poke at issues and public figures in society. The people and topics that are being mocked depends…

Life has changed; everyone is fighting to be competitive in society, to boost self-esteem and to live a better life. Naturally, a person cannot be overcommitted or high functional and operate optimally all day long. For this reason, pharmaceutical industries have decided to come up with Nuvigil and Adderall drugs. These drugs are stimulants, which have lately been adopted as best enhancers. So to say, they are drugs that overcommitted or high-functioning people take to increase their…

Fashion knows no gender, no age, no boundaries and no limits. Maybe the best thing about fashion is how unconventional and rebellious it can be. While a fitted dress is one person’s cup of tea, an oversized tee shirt may be someone else’s. Georgia Wahl,15, is the epitome of Manhattan sophistication and class. Her fashion inspiration, comes from the hit TV show, Gossip Girl, that follows the life of young socialites living in the Upper East Side. Wahl adores the main characters’, Blair Waldorf’s…

In many advertisements of the cereal brand “Cinnamon Toast Crunch” the slogan “Why do kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?” can be seen or heard. This is in reference to the product and their consumer. It is portrayed as a life long question that everyone will always ponder. It would be my best bet that they are trying to get parents to buy the product for themselves or their children to see if they can find out the answer. On more recent television commercial advertisements the slogan…

Carpentry is one of the oldest and refined trades of our time. The art of building amazing things from basic materials has always been in trend. Carpenters are skilled in many areas of home improvement. Their functions include building and installing staircases, doors and windows, making “built-ins” of various kinds, interior wall modifications, framing for walls and closets, all trim and molding and many more. Basically, all works connected with cutting, repairing and installing wood are…

3 Strategies For Enhancing Commercial Photography Commercial photography shots should generally go looking a lot more styled and polished than amateur or casual shots. If you're attempting to enter the field of commercial photography, you will find numerous things that can be done to enhance your abilities and precision. Making the effort to understand new methods to shoot commercial photographs is definitely an purchase of your future like a commercial digital photographer. Tip 1 - Turn to…

cancer in some way. Yet, we look down upon the horrible disease. The Breast Cancer Fund’s ad also shows fear. As a result of removing a cancerous breast, a large scar is displayed in its place. In all honesty, this image is meant to shock society. Without a realistic and raw depiction of breast cancer, people will view women without a breast or breasts as flawed. With an explicit and the honest portrayal of breast cancer people will not be so quick to judge a woman based off her…

Advertisements make such good bait for the human eyes. Companies spend essentially billions of dollars on advertising their products. Businesses use many different methods to make their product sell and make their customers want to get it. Advertisements convey essentially a psychological desire to get the product and use it because that ad makes them what to be like the person in the commercial. The products I am comparing are “Gucci Guilty” and “Radiance “by Britney Spears. Advertisements have…

A woman walks down the streets of New York City. She is wearing an average outfit; jeans and a t-shirt, nothing too revealing. Yet, although she does nothing to call attention to herself, besides being of the female gender, the woman is repeatedly catcalled. This could be description could be of any woman walking down the streets of NYC. Not trying to call attention to herself, but simply trying to get where she has to go. In this case however, this is not just any woman. She is an actress being…

Teenage Conformity: The Psychology Behind the Adoption of Fashion Trends Why as humans, do we feel the need to join in on fashion trends which may only last as season? In todays society, we have a general tendency to follow and conform to trends that have been bestowed upon us. This essay will shine light on how certain factors, like how our brain functions, control the trends we tend to pick up on and the trends we seem to dismiss. The world is far more controlled by fashion and changing…