Warm-up (Review from last class) Look at the advertisement on the screen and respond to the following questions:

a. What is the message? b. Who is the creator of the message? c. What is the purpose of the media message? d. Who is the target audience? e. What techniques are being used to convey the media message? f. Does the media message rely on fact(s) or opinion(s)?

Media Literacy: Body Image 1. Brainstorm: List two ideas for each question Hoes does the media define beauty for males? How does the media define beauty for females?

2. What is body image?

3. If we are not born with a body image, where do we learn it from?

4. Do you have a negative or positive body image? Explain your answer.

5. List three ways the media affects our body image.

6. How does airbrushing/retouching affect body image?

Body Image Advertisement Analysis Advertisement #1 a. What is the profession of the person in the ad? (Answer: an actor or a model.) b. Can you tell if the photo has been retouched? How?

c. What company and product is the ad trying to sell? d. How are they trying to sell the product? -- What are they trying to get people to think about the product?

e. What is the product supposed to do? f. If the ad is for a beauty product, how does it define beauty?

g. How does the ad make you think/ feel about yourself? Do you relate to it?

h. What is the subtext of the advertisement?

Advertisement #2 a. What is the profession of the person in the ad? (Answer: an actor or a model.) b. Can you tell if the photo has been retouched? How?

c. What company and product is the ad trying to sell? d. How are they trying to sell the product? -- What are they trying to get people to think about the product?

e. What is the product supposed to do?

f. If the ad is for a beauty product, how does it define beauty?

g. How does the ad make you think/ feel about yourself? Do you relate to it?

h. What is the subtext of the advertisement?

Advertisement #3 a. What is the profession of the person in the ad? (Answer: an actor or a model.) b. Can you tell if the photo has been retouched? How? c. What company and product is the ad trying to sell? d. How are they trying to sell the product? -- What are they trying to get people to think about the product?

e. What is the product supposed to do? f. If the ad is for a beauty product, how does it define beauty?

g. How does the ad make you think/ feel about yourself? Do you relate to it?

h. What is the subtext of the advertisement? Advertisement #4 a. What is the profession of the person in the ad? (Answer: an actor or a model.) b. Can you tell if the photo has been retouched? How?

c. What company and product is the ad trying to sell? d. How are they trying to sell the product? -- What are they trying to get people to think about the product?

e. What is the product supposed to do? f. If the ad is for a beauty product, how does it define beauty?

g. How does the ad make you think/ feel about yourself? Do you relate to it?

h. What is the subtext of the advertisement?