Jour1111 Assignment- Annotated Bibliography
Cosmetic Surgery- PIP Implant Disaster
Lirola, M. M. (September 2012). The Dream of a Perfect
Body Come True: Multimodality in Cosmetic Surgery Advestising. Discourse
& Society, 23: 487-507.
1.
This article captures the rhetorical and multimodal
strategies implemented in selling cosmetic surgery. It looks at how cosmetic
company’s implement a form of physical insecurity driven advertising and
discourse to exploit an idealized image of the female body, one that is only
achievable through cosmetic procedures. The article focuses on Western society’s
increasing dependence on materialistic consumption and body altering products
in order to achieve a generally male generated perception of female perfection.
Physical health is taking a backseat to society’s ideal of physical beauty.
This article is useful in the sense that it shines a light on the exploitation
of female insecurities to sell products and identifies that developing an
emotionally stimulated self-perpetuating ideology is at the forefront of the
cosmetic surgery craze that’s ruling society. Limitations in this article would
be that main points or article angles are based on collective opinions rather
than supported findings or statistics. This credible piece of work provides the
groundwork to understanding how large cosmetic surgery corporations take
advantage of human emotion to generate business and aids in a better
understanding towards the development of cosmetic surgery and advertising.
News Limited
Network. (October 14 2012). Burst Breast Implants Have Long Term Effect. Herald
Sun.
2.
The News Limited Network reviews the latest cosmetic surgery catastrophe
relating to French company, Poly Implant Protégées (PIP). By applying
government collected information, accompanied with personal victim accounts
this article documents the rupturing of breast implants after authorities
uncovered that the French implant manufacturer used industrial silicone rather
than the medical-grade accepted silicone. This article aims to break down the
cause and symptoms related to PIP implants as well as identify the legal rights
of victims. Applying the most up-to-date, credible information, News Limited
advises that even after a medically suggested removal of the implants in
question, victims are still expected to encounter ongoing medical issues, many
of which have not been acknowledged by the French company, or many other
articles on the case. Taking a delightfully refreshing and insightful angle on
the PIP implant emergency, this report mainly focuses on the aftermath and
attempts to forewarn those thinking about partaking in cosmetic procedures.
Limitations to this story would be that the personal victim account has only
been taken by one woman, and some of the particular terminology used suggests
that the symptoms this one woman encounter will occur to everyone with PIP
implants, however every person reacts differently to medical procedures. This
could potentially reflect lack of depth, in the interviewing process of the
story.
SBS. (2012, April
5). PIP Breast Implant Ruptures Increase. Retrieved from SBS News World
Australia:
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1640265/PIP-breast-implant-ruptures-increase
3.
In this news article, SBS issue a health warning and educate readers on
the sheer volume of women affected by the French company PIP and their misuse
of industrial silicone in implants. Implementing internationally gathered
information, this article aims to primarily warn and alert the estimated 350
000 women suspected of having PIP implants. Particularly focusing on the 6000
Australian women believed to possess the rupturing implants, this article
advises victims about their rights and available help towards implant removal
services, which may subsidized by Medicare. SBS offer crucial information to
women affected by this cosmetic disaster, as well as provide basic information
to all about the time frame, and extent of the French company’s misconduct.
Limitations of this news article would be that some of the provided information
throughout could be deemed contradictory, in the sense that it suggests there
is no need for concern or urgency if no symptoms are occurring after urging all
women in question to immediately opt for an MRI. Predominantly directed at
victims, this article captures that the utmost important element of this
cosmetic inquiry is to alert women about the health problems and signs
associated with PIP implants. Notably acknowledging SBS as a reliable news
source this piece is also a great provider of statistics and international
findings on the case.
Ashleigh Fenn, A.
T. (2012). Channel 7 Televison Interview- Exploding Pip Breast Implants. (R.
Sadler, Interviewer)
4.
Along with three personal accounts and an implant medical officer Chris
Baggoley, Channel 7 takes a personal approach to the PIP implant case and puts
faces to the story. This story primarily focuses on shaming the company
and targeting women about to make the decision to opt for breast implants or
any other invasive cosmetic enhancing procedure, by instilling fear into the
prospective implant candidates. R. Sadler along with his interviewees, label
Jean-Claude Mas, owner of the French company, as a terrorist and suggest that
these implants, combined with breast feeding has caused cancer in victims
children. Limitations include these extreme very one sided claims that show no
attempt to hear any comment from the company in question. A strength would be
that the story includes a breakdown of the cost and make of the implants as
well as noting the French company PIP implants were approved on the basis of
how cheap they were to make by surgeons, so that other people are accountable
for this incident, something not noted by any of the above citations. Overall,
although the story is highly bias, a refreshing local angle on the PIP disaster
has been captured and the story is a notable source for multiple victim
accounts on the case.
