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This furthers the divide in objectivity that human connection is less meaningful, and by part, it’s fine to use someone else as a means to pleasure instead. It is definitely unacceptable to use someone else no matter the intended purpose. This BMW advertising campaign is very problematic in the way in which it is accepted and transferred from companies to consumers so readily in our society. In all the mainstream media it is fully aware that these issues sell very well. In can be shown through other scholars’ ideas and analysis that these images in advertising work on the subconscious in a way that we understand more and can work through, fully finding the meaning in the mind. These things can be potentially very dangerous to society, showing that these idea of objectification and violence against the opposite gender is tolerable or permissible. No person should be viewed as an object or as a means to an end, and in many cases these “jokes” at this level and the advertisements are making society even more vulgar in the way that humans think and act, with the studies of Gulas and Kilbourne to reference, there is much wrong with the increase in violence against the opposite gender and objectification that leads to

(When they hear the words affordable they go crazy. Everybody is cheap and so is this car, but at least it has good quality (I hope).) This ad as an entity appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos. Of course, as you’re are probably aware by now, the appeal to pathos and logos through the use of what people like. Food and money. They make a very convincing argument as to why you should buy their product. They also, as the previous ad, appeal to ethos through the use of actual people in the car, going on a road trip of sorts. It’s like they’re saying, “If you buy this car, you’ll have so much money over that you could go on a road trip.” That is kind of believable now that I think about it. Not. Unless you make a lot of money. Then go for it I guess. The third and final piece (sadly), is Queen Elizabeth’s “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury.” Throughout the entire piece, she manages to appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos. Her position as the Queen already gives her automatic ethos, but she builds upon it, making her position as queen even more apparent by stating the things she does that no one else can do. She then, just like the ads, appeals to pathos through logos by relating herself to the

Being in a spiralling economy, the automobile industry must step up their games to produce attractive advertisements. Creativity is crucial to attract potential buyers and gain more sales. To target specific prospects through ads, the automobile industry usually apply rhetoric concepts to enhance their product’s appeal in every way, and not just purely on the automobile designs. As men are the main target audience, car ads are usually being advertised as appealing and dangerous. Nevertheless, there are other important aspects to be highlighted as well, which can be perfectly marketed with certain rhetoric aspects. Although automobile ads always target the male audience, the industry also understands how partners or family can influence in purchase

This contradiction brings forth the purpose of these different advertisements, the audience in which it is intended for. For example, the “elite advertisements” are presented to American society on beautiful glossy stock paper within magazines, or in luxury car commercials where the extraordinary cars can be seen zooming along the coast or back roads enjoying the drive up to the cabin. With all these flashy advertisements one can only assume that an “...extraordinary car deserves an extraordinary advertisement, and that both [the] car and [the] ad are aimed [towards an] extraordinary consumer…” (Solomon 168). These elite advertisements start to scrutinize the audience's financial status. They do this to start determining if the advertised

Steve Craig, in his article Men’s Men and Women’s Women especially define how different sexes in advertisement can influence a particular audience towards a product; one stereotypical method he describes is “Men’s Women” (Craig).One such ad using sex appeal, and a basic structure of “Men’s Women” to bring in customer was made by BMW in 2008 to sell their used cars. BMW, which is a world-renowned company known for its performance heavy automobiles, targets a male audience by comparing a gorgeous woman to their cars.This ad by BMW, who no doubt make amazing cars, degrade women through its message, and it enforces Steve Craig’s “Men’s women” tactic, but this ad also goes a step further and displays the ever-present patriarchy in advertisement overtly.

The settings of the advertisement, which are a business building, a restaurant, and a street, clearly represent the three different classes of the upper- class, the middle-class and the lower-class. Additionally, women's different types of clothing also represent the different classes. The girl in the business office has worn a well-groomed suit, which suggests that she belongs to the upper-class. Women in the street have worn jeans, which suggests that they belong to the lower-class. The advertainment also sells some messages to the dominant elite with the product. The first message being communicated is that women are products that are meant to be consumed and when a product is bought, women come with the product. The main character in the advertisement has worn a jean and has opened its buttons, which suggests that he is a lower-class person. After he chews the Clorets gum, which is a high-end product, he is considered an upper- class person who attracts all the girls wherever he goes. Women are attracted to him just because of the fresh air created by the gum and before consumption, he could not attract women. Therefore, it is the gum that attracts women, not the guy. The second message of the dominant elite that is communicated to the audience is that women should sell their body to the men. All women in the commercial try different sexy poses in front of the man in the advertisement to attract him. The woman in the

Free, new, 50% off- advertising, an immensely paramount aspect in today’s society, has the ability to promote or demote a newly developed product. With such a vast array of public notices, it’s crucial that they appeal to people psychologically, using rhetorical devices. During an expedition for the most complex, eye-catching ad, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the 2010 Dodge Challenger. Astounded by the multiplex of this advertisement, my inner curiosity was enkindled. In this persuasive notice, the appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos are strategically used to persuade the target audience that the 2010 Dodge Challenger is the car for them.

She begins the essay by pointing out the use of porographic themes in advertisements, which use sexual fantasies, such as bondage and domination, to appeal to the desires of the audience. However, as well as promoting the advertiser’s product, these advertisements send a message about men and women that Kilbourne identifies as harmful to society. She connects that these advertisements promote the idea of male domination and female submission, and the sexualization and objectification of women. She provides many examples of this to prove her point, describing one horrifying ad after another. Kilbourne speculates that these ads, as well as objectifying women, also promote rape culture, and the idea that women are responsible for their own assault. As though these messages were not enough, ads also sexualize children, and teach them that objectification of women is normal and accepted. Kilbourne addresses these issues in advertisements, stating that they are promoting the dangerous ideas that today’s culture already has. She connects female addiction to

Sexualizaton and objectification in the advertisements we see and the media we watch has become a very strong issue in our society. With the idea that “sex sells”, consumers don’t even realize that they’re not viewing the advertisements for what they are, but for the women (or men) that are being portrayed in a very erotic way, posed with whatever product they were hired to sell. Many articles have been written so far to challenge and assess this problem, but one written by Jean Kilbourne (1999), “”Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt”: Advertising and Violence” holds an extensive amount of authority. Using her personal experience with the subject, as well as studies she has conducted herself on the topic of sexualization, she talks about how the amount of sexualization in advertising affects how society views the culture and products consumers buy. She also notes that because of the quantity and prevalence of these ads, the rate of all forms of sexual assault, specifically rape (mostly towards women of all age), increase, as well as other forms of assault. It is important to examine Kilbourne’s use of rhetorical devices, such as ethos, pathos, and logos, and how effective these devices make her article. This way, it can be examined for its validity and her understanding of her own research. Kilbourne’s article is very effective through her uses of pathos and ethos, but at the same time, it loses its effectiveness through her absence of a counter-argument, as well as a lack

“Sex sells” is probably one of the most used catch phrases that every generation understands starting in their adolescents. With the right to freedom of information and availability of the internet access, there cannot be limits set on adolescent’s exposure to such media marketing. This becomes a challenge as every generation seems to be getting more active and savvy in their use of technology, earlier and earlier. However, the phenomenon of barely clothed men is new even to the younger generations today as it corresponded with the recent normalization of gay culture in the mass media as suggested by Parasecoli. Further, the author confirms that “the enthrallment with the body image, previously imposed mostly on women, is now becoming a common feature in identification processes” (p. 284). Seeing a man in an overtly sexual ad, even when the product that is being sold is unrelated to sex, has become a common

Everyday we expose ourselves to thousands of advertisements in a wide variety of environments where ever we go; yet, we fail to realize the influence of the implications being sold to us on these advertisements, particularly about women. Advertisements don’t just sell products; they sell this notion that women are less of humans and more of objects, particularly in the sexual sense. It is important to understand that the advertising worlds’ constant sexual objectification of women has led to a change in sexual pathology in our society, by creating a culture that strives to be the unobtainable image of beauty we see on the cover of magazines. Even more specifically it is important to study the multiple influences that advertisements have

Subaru Canada is selling a new type of car advertisement which shows deviance to societal norms by changing the image of what people think is sexy. Sex sells is a long standing phrase that can be used to define the advertising industry and before this commercial was released many manufacturers marketed “sexy” car advertisements using Sports Illustrated swimsuit models or models of a similar stature. Subaru in lieu of the sexy bikini models has chosen to express their individuality by chosen a cultural representation to poke fun at traditional advertising.

Advertising is an important form of communication between products and customers. How to get viewers’ attention is first thing need to consider for advertising. Sexual appeal is become very useful tool in advertising, and it use is increasing. The sex appeal has a very long history, the first sex appeal advertising was introduced in 1911 by Woodbury’s Facial Soap (Campaign,2014). Once this advertising is released it has caused an enormous controversy, it is considered so risqué and inappropriate by several readers, even their cancelled their subscriptions to the magazine immediately (O’Barr,2011) . However, by today’s sexually liberated standards, this advertising already is positively chaste. During the next 93 years, sex is become a

The fact that the woman is well-dressed and seemingly high society also adds to the desire of the “everyman” to attain “their very identity” (Kellner, 189) from the influences of this ad. What woman wouldn’t want power, status, perfect features, and men falling at her every move? And, of course, this can all be attained simply by smoking Camel cigarettes. Similarly the men are also being shown “socially desirable and meaningful traits” (Kellner 189). Men are being shown an existence where they could attain everything they so desire, a beautiful and sexy woman, a great job, as evidenced by their classy attire, and a happy lifestyle devoid of care and worry. These are definitely all characteristics that men strive to attain, and the ad is also promoting its product at the same time. There are two interpretations given of men in this ad. The first is that if men find a woman who smokes Camel cigarettes they will have everything they desire. The second is that if men purchase Camel for themselves, they can obtain everything. In either interpretation the existence of Camel is involved but the follow-up action is up to the individual consumer as to whether he chooses to use the cigarettes or not. This particular Camel ad “depicts how something as seemingly innocuous as advertising can depict significant shifts in modes and models of identity” (Kellner 193) and how it can speak to a larger public about the values and goals of life as a larger

In this first advertisement, soccer great David Beckham is pictured looking through the camera at the viewer of the ad. This specific ad works well to reinforce the myth that one’s happiness depends on his or her social class. He is in a state of thought and is dressed in a suit with a watch sitting comfortably on his left wrist. The watch is the same as the featured watch to his right, the Bentley 05 Unitime, a watch that retails for just about ten thousand dollars. Behind the watch there is a Bentley, a luxury car available starting at around one hundred eighty thousand dollars. These two extremely expensive things represent the idea that one will become truly happy if they possess both the car and the watch, or at least just one of them. The ad is situated on what looks like to be the runway of what looks like a private airport enclosed by mountains on both sides. The clouds in the sky are a balance between dark and light. Also, the ad features lettering that identifies and describes the watch. The wording at the bottom left of the ad boasts about the watch’s quality by using words like; style, performance, luxury, accomplishment, class, etc. In today’s time and age, these words are synonymous with how happy a certain individual is. Society views people that have these or possess these qualities as happier than those who do not. Overall, this ad sends the message that the people with the most class, style,