1. Who is manipulating whom? Are the readers being manipulated by the magazine, or is the magazine responding to the lifestyles of its readers? Explain your answer.
2. To what extent can it be argued that the fashion and drug scene in New York reflects a loss of a traditional sense of moral and social direction in American society?
3. How important are magazines and their photographs for creating desirable self-images? Are you influenced by the magazines you read?
