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How Men Read Beer Essay

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Beer advertisement can be looked at from very different points of view. Beer drinkers are targets who have one thing in common, which is peer pressure. Peer pressure could be anything from looking good socially and physically to having a good time. Beer advertisers take that very much into account when it comes to selling their product.

Most beer campaigns have a relaxed and approachable brand images that direct consumer's attention to the beer and every aspect that surrounds the experience of drinking it.

Aristotle's source of credibility consists in Logos, Ethos and Pathos which are three completely different textual elements, yet they all associate. Ethos moves an audience by proving the credibility of the writer; Pathos …show more content…

The first example ad is "St Pauli Girl Beer", it shows the bottle of beer, green and sweaty with the picture of a typical blond German woman in the front. Next to it, there is the picture of an attractive young woman with a revealing black top and a mean-but-sexy stare in her eyes. The slogan has a water drop sweaty background as well that says "Never bitter. Other than that she's just like any other girl." Further down, almost at the end of the page there is also a phrase that says "Have a good time with Germany's fun loving beer."

Phrases like "good time", "girl" and pictures of beautiful and sexy women make men relate these items in their heads thinking "If I drink this beer I will have a good time with a beautiful and sexy girl"

Also, the effect of water drops in the bottle and the background are used frequently to make us immediately and unconsciously thirsty.

However, there's more to this ad than what we retain at first sight without observing. "Never biter, Other than that she's just like any other girl" makes us feel the real appeal of the ad. It expresses cynical humor in a way that men can totally relate to. The ad introduces the idea that beer is never bitter, unlike the usual attitude of many girls. With this statement, men don't feel so bad when they get rejected because something in their brainwashed mind will tell them that they will always

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