fakebookEric Canfield

T101 Media Life

MEDIA

In these slides I will show some of my Facebook pictures, and show how I’ve altered them to better portray myself in

Many of our pictures on Facebook do not 100% accurately portray our real life selves. We crop and alter photos to make ourselves more appealing in the media.

Before After

We also have pictures that make our lives appear exciting. Many of us want to believe that our lives are not boring, so we put up pictures that make it appear

that we are doing exciting or exotic things.

APPEALINGPictures that make myself appear more

The Profile Picture

My profile picture was taken in New Mexico in 2008, which means it is

almost 4 years old.

It is cropped to make myself appear taller. In reality I am 5’7”.

The color is enhanced to make myself appear darker.

It is taken at an angle that makes me appear a lot more lean than I really

am. I also look more fit.

I keep this picture because of the amount of people that have

complimented me on it, even my friends that see me all the time.

The Musician

These pictures show me sitting on my bed playing guitar. Obviously, these are the pictures that my female friends love the most.

They’re both cropped to make myself more prominent in the picture.The color is enhanced to make myself darker. I’m wearing clothes I don’t normally wear because they make me look like a more “cool” musician.

The left picture is a screenshot from a video. The right picture is staged, and I’m not even playing.

EXCITINGPictures that make myself appear more

The “Movie Star”

This is a picture of myself and Hollywood actor Josh Duhamel during

filming of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen back in 2008.

I was a military extra that was brought in to make the military fight scenes

look more realistic.

Many people think that I’m somewhere in the movie, not realizing

that I’m just an extra.

The color is enhanced so I don’t look so white next to him. My gun and gear

are props.

I also cropped out the fact that both of us were smoking.

The “Ladies Man”If you’re a single, straight male, the key to making yourself appear more attractive in the media is to surround yourself with as many beautiful women as possible, and take pictures! (even if you aren’t sleeping with them)

The “Hero”

I only say “hero” because these pictures look like something out of a Michael Bay film. Oh wait…

It’s fascinating how different we can portray ourselves in media. Until I took this class, I never realized how much I try to make myself look more attractive and exciting on Facebook. I guess I

should try to be more normal. Define normal.