Whilst reading the piece we were set various tasks:
- To highlight and point out each section of the essay - introduction, main body and conclusion
- To show where the writer should've used referencing
- To show where the writer has used particularly good language in order to covey her thoughts
- To write three sentences which describe the whole essay
For the last point our three sentences were:
To summarise, consumers are manipulated by the advertising and marketing world which then creates a hyper reality which questions whether anything after all is 'real'. As said it can also differentiate between markets, a bike designed for women is an example of how subcultures change and how they are represented within society. To finalise, consumption plays a vital role in the expressive nature of which we consume materialistic products - it is all a creative process.
As a group we discussed that it was vital to use APA 6th referencing in order to credit other writers and researchers which have found out things that are of similar nature to your own opinion. It is also important as it is a vital skill within any university course and later life.
The entire essay along with our annotations is shown below, for future reference.
