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Head Banger Advertisement Analysis

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Within every advertisement, there is a point that someone is trying to sell, literally. Whether the advertisers achieve this depends on how they portray their product/commodity. Within DirecTV’s, ‘Head Banger’ commercial, DirecTV targets a vast array of consumers with explicit bad scenarios, meant to implicitly sell the idea that lacking DirecTV is like lacking common sense. In doing so, DirecTV attempts to live up to its rating in “#1 Customer satisfaction over cable for seventeen years running” alive and flourishing. The ad itself targets a controversial debate of which TV option is best: satellite or cable. As the ad begins, DirecTV utilizes logos and pathos in an endeavor to cause a rift between the customer’s choice, and cable television. When choosing what to portray, DirecTV perpetuated the notion that cable is extremely unpleasant. The ad itself stipulated, that “some people still like cable, just like some people like banging their head on a low ceiling, drinking spoiled milk, camping in poison ivy, getting a paper cut, and having your arm trapped in a vending machine.” By causing a correlation between cable and all these bad scenarios, DirecTV appeals to consumer’s desires to be unaffected and our common sense to want the best deal in any situation. As the …show more content…

According to Aaron Gunderson, “Satellite generally has a better selection of national HD channels, while cable has a better selection of local HD programming, so if you want the best channels in the best quality, go with satellite.” (1) This notion further fuels DirecTV’s claim to being a reliable/satisfactory TV provider. Gunderson further relays, “satellite tends to provide a better $/channel ratio than cable, and under ideal conditions, satellite HD reception will be better.” (6) After researching the differences and seeing this commercial, it’s a wonder, why wouldn’t everyone have

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