Critical Thinking Exercise - Manufacturing Beauty
This assignment involves the critical analysis of a case study. The case study subject is model Cindy Jackson,
The TCOs that are associated with this assignment are:
- TCO 3 as it applies to psychological disorders and their effects on the self is a social world
- TCO 9 as it applies to interpersonal attraction
- TCO 13 as it applies to the role of the media
Process:
Critically analyze the contents of the complete website
Based on your findings answer the following four questions:
1. What does your critical analysis of the website reveal to you about Cindy Jackson's sense of her social self, her self-concept, her self-esteem and her self-presentation?
2. How does the physical attractiveness stereotype of interpersonal attraction factor into your findings about Cindy Jackson?
3. How does the mass media influence Cindy Jackson's lifeworld?
4. What do you perceive that the theme of "manufacturing beauty" means?