Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The article Photoshopped or Not? A Tool to Tell is about celebrities who have there pictures photoshopped. These pictures are seen in magazines, buildboards, and the internet. The pictures of these celebrities are not accurate. The pictures are retouched and buffed. The retouching can be removing a pimple, adding or removing weight, a stray hair put in place, removing blemishes or wrinkles, and more. Feminist leaders in France, Britain, and Norway want digitally altered photos to be labeled. So that people will be able to know which photos have been altered. The American Medical Association adopted a policy that " discourage the altering of photographs in a manner that could promote unrealistic expectations of appropiate body image." A student in computer science is coming up with a tool that can basically show you on a scale of 1 to 5 how much the picture has been changed. Photoshopping pictures can cause many eating disorders and anxiety in women. Only beacause they have a mind set that the weight they see these celebrities have they need to have it also. And they will be willing to do anything to get this body type. I think the image celebrities have does influence some eating disorders and low self esteem. People who don't have that body will probably have less confident and struggle with self esteem. I agree with the scale. I think people need to see how much a photo has been altered because the picture is otherwise fake. It is a good idea because you won't have young women thinking they need have a certain weight. Especially when what they are trying to live up to isn't even real or true.
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