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Seniors
As we begin our discussion this week on social media and body image, please read the section in your textbook "Focus on Body Image" (482-92). Our discussion will include a host of issues examined through the context of electronic media: eating disorders, anti-aging drugs, male enhancement  medication, steroid abuse, plastic surgery, and the multi-billion dollar weight loss industry.

We will also talk about the positive potential of media:


Sophomores
Your assignment for Wednesday is to type and revise your political cartoon analysis. Remember that you must attribute all information that is not common knowledge. This requires you to cite the sources using signal phrases. We will not include a "works cited" page with this paper, but I do expect you to include the names of both the cartoonist and the source publication for your article. For more on using signal phrases, try searching Google, or CLICK HERE.

Your final draft must be within 10 words of 300. It should also be typed and formatted according to MLA. For those specifics, you can refer to the following PDF SAMPLE research paper.

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