“I’m embarrassed, and I uh, I guess I’m just a model of how social media is tricky.” These words were spoken by James Franco this morning on LIVE with Kelly and Michael in response to Franco’s most recent scandal. The celebrity came under fire this past week after a 17-year-old girl alleged that he used Instagram to try to arrange a hotel hook-up.
Americans are all too familiar with the effects of Photoshop. Standing in line at the checkout counter, consumers are bombarded with magazine covers featuring beautiful, digitally enhanced celebrities. Yet, Americans both accept and perpetuate this tradition of retouching. In fact, should a cover model not display a perfectly chiseled body, a scandal erupts. However, accepting as consumers are of photoshopped images in the celebrity world, they reject the retouching of photographs shared by news organizations. Actually, the retouching of images in this setting is considered unethical, as reality is neither truthfully nor accurately depicted. Recently, AP freelance photographer Narciso Contreras ignored this ethical standard, and as a result, is now facing serious consequences.
Because I have talked a lot about public relations with events, I thought it would be nice to share and reiterate how to restore an image and the ways that I learned about from the article titled, “4 Ways to Rehabilitate a Sullied Image” that I found on PR News Online (http://www.prnewsonline.com/water-cooler/2013/04/10/4-image-rehab-tips-for-anthony-weiner/) by Bill Miltenberg. Continue reading
