Sunday, January 27, 2013

Blog Post #2: 4th 6 weeks


Last week we visited the topic of advertising. You were asked to think about a commercial you’d seen and decide whether or not it was effective in “selling” you on either the product or idea. In class, we learned about various advertising techniques and how they are used to “sell” something to viewers. We also looked at a sample from an anti-smoking campaign that used irony as a means of promoting its message. As we continue with this segment of the six weeks, we will look at many more examples and even watch some commercials in an effort to determine if the advertisement is effective and why it is or is not.

This week’s blog post is two-fold. The initial question: How do commercials appeal to specific audiences? To answer this question, consider the following sub-questions: 1) What technique(s) are used? 2) Do they use any specific characters (i.e. cartoon characters, TV or movie personalities, etc.)? 3) Is the targeted audience obvious? How do you know? 4) What message is conveyed? Are they trying to sell a product or idea and how are they doing so?

Answer the initial and sub-questions in 4 complete, thoughtful sentences. Happy writing!

2 comments:

  1. Raps can be used to get yor atension. It tells you and shows you how it looks. Yes, you can tell on the look. They can tell you to buy it on tv or at the store.

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  2. They are used to persuade and get us to bye it. Yes they do so they can get us to get it or for us to do it. Yes the targeted evidence are obvious because they are trieng to get us to bye whatever they wanting us to bye. They also trieing to get us to call the number or to get us to go and get it so ya they want us to bye stuff they sell.

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