Make Girls go crazy with Deodorant
There are many products that are not from the same manufacturer competing against one another for gross and income. An example would be deodorant. Two of the most popular and used deodorants would be Old Spice and AXE. AXE targets their main consumer base of young men 18 to 24 years old. Old spice on the other hand usually target toward an older audience of men. Though the two different brands of deodorant target different audience, they both contain sexual imagery to appeal to the crowd.
AXE appeals to the younger crowd by seemingly to proclaim ‘use AXE and you could get girls and smell good even though you are a nerd or a geek’. AXE’s advertisement was of a cool, half-naked, fit, tattooed, hip and white athlete, next to a half naked beautiful girl staring intently at the male. The athlete was Ryan Sheckler, a professional, 3x gold medalist in the X-Games, skateboarder. The advertisement shows ethos, as they have chosen a famous athlete who is well respected by the audience of younger men. Choosing Ryan Sheckler, it portrays all the good looking; super
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Sexual imagery has become a trend in the business of advertisement, which has become extremely efficient. Tom Reichert in “The Prevalence of Sexual Imagery in Ads Target to Young Adults,” states in his journal, “To determine if advertisers use sexual imagery to appeal to youth, 2,863 ads in magazines read by young and mature adults were compared. Results indicate that ads targeted to young adults were 65% more likely to contain provocatively dressed models and 128% more likely to contain sexual behavior than those for mature adults. In the ads young adults, female models were 3.7 times more likely to be portrayed sexually than were male models. The findings suggest that advertisers use sexual imagery, primarily by means of female modes, to appeal to young audiences.”
Furthermore, I distinctively believe that this ad relies heavily on pathos to attract buyers. I believe this because sometimes people, women especially, believe that they are too overweight or too slim to look good in
Old Spice is very blatant in the way they attract their customers. An obvious example is The Man Your Man Could Smell Like commercial. In this advertisement Old Spice envisions their audience to be anyone who is in a relationship or trying to be in relationship. The more obvious targeted audience is the female audience. To attract the female audience they put an attractive man in the commercials and try to make it seem that if their “man” uses old spice body washes their “man” will be like him.
As I got into chapter 3, I realized there's a lot more steps to write logical arguments. Claims, sound reasoning, relevant evidence persuading and knowing your audience and presenting counterclaims and objective responses. Additionally, I learned that there's in different ways of presenting your message. Such as using, the rhetorical triangle, including logos, pathos, and ethos. There are ways you can use them individually or altogether to communicate in an argument. If you really think about it commercials are written to attract certain customers and the the rhetorical triangle is used as strategies to get to people's hearts, open customers' minds and emotions, and trying to build credibility with customers and what their product in their company to come off trustworthy. So I think
Source 1: Kovbasyuk, Sergei, and Marco Pagano. “Advertising Arbitrage.” SSRN, 2 May 2014. Eelsevier, papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2431270.
The Flawless Look Makeup is one process that takes forever and often times does not blend well. Most teenagers wear makeup in hopes to look like their celebrity idols. In the March 2016 issue of Seventeen Magazine there is an ad by Covergirl that puts away all of those teenage makeup worries. The ad not only uses the celebrity Becky G. to show off their flawless makeup, but in large text it states that the process is as easy as 1, 2, and 3. This magazine is known to be read by young girls, which is the perfect audience for these makeup ads.
In the article “What We Are to Advertisers,” James Twitchell argues that “different products have different meanings to different audiences.” This is a valid argument because every product today can be interpreted differently by people. Barbie, for example, is viewed as an awesome toy by many young girls; however, few boys purchase Barbie because it is considered to be feminine. Cowboys boots can also be interpreted differently by groups of people. Someone living in an urban city would likely consider cowboys boots to be unfashionable or out of style. Unlike people from the urban city, those living in rural areas may regard the boots to be fashionable and stylish. Another example can be seen in the fragrance industry. Perfume is nearly identical
Rhetoric can be seen in almost all aspects of daily life, especially advertisements. As controversy grows about gun control, more ads have used clever rhetoric to persuade public opinion. An ad titled “Family Values” features a young, Caucasian, woman holding a large rifle and has a hand gun at her hip. To her right, there is text which states, “On his inauguration, President Obama will be protected by the Secret Service, 11,500 soldiers, and 4,000 police officers. They have armor and automatic weapons. No one is assigned to protect my family.” The target audience of this advertisement would be those who support guns, gun owners, conservatives, Caucasians, and Republicans due to the fact that the ad is against policies for gun control. The
There are many factors that contribute to the overall influence that an advertisement can have on an audience. In May 2005, Carl’s Jr. debuted the controversial ad featuring a bikini-clad Paris Hilton writhing sensuously on an expensive Bentley luxury car while enjoying a large burger. This ad’s effectiveness relies on trendy, sexualized imagery, and specific language choicest appeal to the young teenage to college age male.
In the first week of April, Pepsi released a controversial advertisement. The ad “Jump In” starring Kendall Jenner had references to police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests. There was a diverse group in the ad representing different ethnicities and sexualities. It ended with Kendall handing a police officer a Pepsi and everyone cheering. How the ad portrayed the controversial issues did not end well with the public. Freidman explained that “it highlights deeps structural problems and contradictions in the advertising industry, problems that run much deeper than this particular failure.”
I was hooked from the opening sentence of this passage, and as I finished, I couldn’t resist a small internal cheer. I believe most of us would agree with the author’s sentiments, in that advertisements (ads) are truly the “most…toxic of the mental pollutants” [line 1]’ Who doesn’t fly through the channels when there is a break in your program, and the endless commercials, and infomercial begin? Today, our lives are saturated with ads occupying every square inch of viewing space. It is enough to make one scream! The statistics the author quotes are staggering. To imagine that “12 billion display ads, 3 million radio commercials, and over 200,000 TV commercials” air each day, and this is in North America
This advertisement for Mr. Cleans cleaning products is presented on a blue background on one whole page. The whole right side of the page is taken up by the dashing, clean-cut Mr. Clean himself. More towards the middle is an outline of a house with Mr. Clean’s products being used to clean up ordinary everyday messes. The most conspicuous part of this ad, however, would be the fact that every mess in the house is being cleaned up by a woman’s hand, while the product is presented by a man. Mr. Clean’s ad presents both an appeal and at the same time a stereotype towards and against women. This advertisement is suggesting that women are supposed to like muscular, hygienic men and are supposed to clean messes in their free time. The claim to a stereotype is suggested by the woman’s hand
Magazines play a part in creating the image of sex sells. Advertisers use an image to create an advertisement to sell a product. The Purpose of advertising is not to sell sex, but to attract the consumer. Their talent is the ability to transform seemingly neutral object to create a desirable product. It’s no wonder that we are so
Sex is everywhere you turn. Victoria’s Secret is notorious for their ads that plaster billboards and the sides of buildings, featuring scantily-clad women suggesting an obvious sexual air. The bags you receive at Abercrombie feature half-dressed models, often two of which may be kissing or touching one another. These sexual images are far too present in the every day lives of young children, much younger than what used to be acceptable. Aside from this moral questionability, ads such as these often contain images of unrealistic body types, which exploit insecurity to make consumers use their product, the result of which can be dangerous to mental and physical health. Finally, when I see ads like the one to the right, and rack my brain
These images show popular athletes, favorite music stars, actors, and models. The group participants highlight the importance of advertising a younger age bracket than older. Simply young looks better and it is what youth follows as growing up. Sex can be determined by a series of beautiful females such as models or in shape cut bodies as far as men. The females in my group project seem to notice how based on the essences of beauty you typically see more female figures playing in the role of advertisement on magazines such as victory secret and fashion. Then on the other hand, for the men and young men we look at Magazines such as GQ or sports magazines showing professionally dressed actors or male athletes advertising sports gear. Most importantly, which the participants in this project pointed out most was the way body shape and sexual orientation was significantly revealed in the
Most advertisers feel that by using sexually orientated or seductive ads, the product will be sold much quicker. When consumers see these portrayals of men and women along the street, staring down at them from billboards, or on the television screen, consumers desire to be like the individual in the ads, because this will bring happiness into one’s life, success, sex, and much more by sporting a particular name brand of