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Advertisements and Effects on Body Image

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English project about how ads affect body image. The first clip is a commercial. The second is a person who watched the commercial reacting to it. The third is a professor’s wise words on the subject. Jenna Greig, H.O.R. Box, Dulce & Banana, Adam the G, Meaningful Message
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By age 13, 80% of girls distort the way they look online.* Let’s change that.
Social media is a big part of young people’s lives – but retouching apps and the pressure to post the ‘perfect selfie’ is hurting their self-esteem and confidence. Join us to reverse the damage and celebrate real beauty. Download our Confidence Kit from the Dove Self-Esteem Project and have a conversation about body image with a young person today.

*Based on the research results from the U.S. surveying girls who use social media US n=556 age 13-17.
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Media's Effects on Body Image

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Going to talk about how the media influences how people precieve themselves.– Created using PowToon — Free sign up at http://www.powtoon.com/ . Make your own animated videos and animated presentations for free. PowToon is a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, office meeting, sales pitch, nonprofit fundraiser, product launch, video resume, or anything else you could use an animated explainer video. PowToon’s animation templates help you create animated presentations and animated explainer videos from scratch. Anyone can produce awesome animations quickly with PowToon, without the cost or hassle other professional animation services require.

Advertisement has had a negative impact on people’s body image and self-esteem, particularly young girls. This talk is a call to action to truly understand that these body ideals simply do not exist, and to promote healthy self image.

Sofia Rodriguez-Dantzler is a sixth grader at Scarlett Middle school. She enjoys art and likes to sketch people. Her other interests include running and being apart of the track team. She would like to talk about body image because she knew a girl who was bullied because of her size even though she was healthy and a kind person.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx