When one happens to walk to by a mirror, it is common to stare at one's own reflection and pick out all of the flaws, rather than appreciate all the good qualities. ... Many advertisements that are displayed in all of mass communication resources tend to objectify women, preventing them from feeling satisfied with how they look. ... Bianco confirms how "The United States needs to join Europe in adopting policies limiting the use of photoshopped images in advertising, which will allow more realistic beauty standards for society to look up to" (76). Photoshop should eventually com...

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In the late 20th Century, mass media could be classified[by whom?]  into eight mass media industries: books, newspapers, magazines, recordings, radio, movies, television and the internet. With the explosion of digital communication technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the question of what forms of media should be classified as "mass media" has become more prominent. For example, it is controversial whether to include cell phones, video games and computer games (such as MMORPGs) in the definition. In the 2000s, a classification called the "seven mass media" became popular. ...

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