Manipulation,communications homework help

Feminist blog Jezebel offered a reward of US$10,000 for the unaltered “pre-Photoshop”photographs of writer/actress Lena Dunham’s Vogue photo shoot by Annie Lebowitz. Shortlyafter the announcement of the bounty, someone produced the unaltered photographs, andJezebel published them on its website.Jezebel’s intention was to expose the extreme distortions required to achieve unrealisticbeauty standards in the media. However, Dunham was unimpressed and defended Vogue. Shesaid: “A fashion magazine is like a beautiful fantasy. Vogue isn’t the place that we go to lookat realistic women; Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy placesand escapism, and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautifulPrada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what’s the problem? If they want tosee what I really look like, watch the show that I make every single week.”Critics have argued that such distortions are akin to minimalising the women rather thanembracing the differences that make each woman unique. By digitally manipulating themodels to look younger, thinner, and flawless, the media inevitably led the audience tobelieve and accept such unrealistic and distorted standards of beauty as the norm.Examine Vogue’s action and Lena Dunham’s reply. Discuss the ethics of digital manipulationin the magazine industry and use an ethical principle to appraise the efforts of Jezebelmagazine.Your answer should be about 1500 words and Proper APA Referencing and Citations