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"Beauty Is Skin Deep," While a Common and Seemingly Innocent

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"Beauty is skin deep," while a common and seemingly innocent expression, is a notion that underlines the billion-dollar beauty and fashion industry. It has profound and prolonged effects upon girls' and women's self-image. According to Foucault, the wide acceptance of this expression has become part of what social phenomenon?

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Publicity Tools

Various methods and media used to promote and publicize a product, service, or event to the public and enhance its public image.

Publicity

The public visibility or awareness for any product, service, or company, often gained through media or promotional activities not paid for directly.

Encoding

The process of having the sender transform an idea into a set of symbols during the communication process.

Decoding

The process of having the receiver take a set of symbols, the message, and transform them back to an idea during the communication process.