More than meets the eye. This essay outlines the issues with didital manipulation within the media. It expresses that even the slightest change to an image can have a great impact upon the truth.

In today's society, it is becoming easier, especially with modern technology to manipulate news media, and to censor the information, which reaches the public. The manipulation of images can give misleading impressions and can influence people take on certain views. How do we define what is acceptable and what is not? Even the slightest manipulation of an image can alter people's reactions and beliefs. People read newspapers and watch the news to gain information, if …

…perfect standard. These are telling people the way they should be and what products they must obtain to reach these standards. The irony is that these perfect examples may have been altered to achieve an impossible ideal. This can be seen in the portrayal of women as impossibly thin and beautiful. As we can see, manipulation of images is censorship of the truth and in manipulating these images they also manipulate people's beliefs and judgments.