Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Do media consumers really just expect that all photos are retouched?

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Here’s a clip from a video on the retouching of photos in magazines:

The above clip reminds me of this Dove commercial:

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Given the incredible amount of media that our students consume, is your school appropriately stressing media literacy with its students? What is your school system doing to educate parents about media literacy issues?

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