In your (written) post, explain the ideals of beauty discussed in the video that you see as being used to sell a product in the ad you uploaded.

1. This week’s topic concerns social support in social media spaces. For this week’s discussion, please share a way that you have either provided or been provided social support through social media in the past (recent examples are fine). How did social media facilitate the support and what type of support (i.e., instrumental, emotional, appraisal, informational) did you provide/receive? Were there any challenges to providing/receiving support in your experience? When reading others’ posts, identify how your experiences were similar, dissimilar, or provide an additional example that you may have.

2. Go online and find an advertisement that uses the ideals of beauty discussed in this week’s “Killing us Softly” or lecture videos. Attach the video or image to your discussion post. In your (written) post, explain the ideals of beauty discussed in the video that you see as being used to sell a product in the ad you uploaded. What effect do you think this ad would have on the target audience with respect to gender and beauty ideals?