The topic power of the media in Susan Douglas's 'Narcissism as Liberation'

        In Susan Douglas's essay 'Narcissism as Liberation', she covers the topic of the power of media on American culture. Douglas approaches this topic in a way which grabs her audience's attention quickly. She discusses an advertisement in the first paragraph of her essay. This advertisement is a very popular one among American Society today, especially women. Through discussing such a popular advertisement so early in her essay, Douglas not only grabs her audience's attention but …

…not bodies and material objects. Media has controlled society to the point where many people could care less about their personality and worry more about their hair, in general. Society today has lost many values that make a person desirable. The media has created a 'desirable' human being and it does not include anything about personality. This should tell society something and hopefully if enough people recognize this American culture can change for the better.