The photograph is an ironic sign, meaning the image literally looks like that it refers to. ... Grey tends to in dicate fear, depression and confusion, making you feel emotionally distant or detached, thus a representation of past war eras. ... Finally, I would like to note that the study and semiotic analysis of advertisements is both interesting and beneficial. ... Advertisements contain many messages, both obvious and hidden, making their analysis both complex and sometimes surprising. ... Therefore it is of essential to consider the audience reaction in any analysis of advertisements. ...

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Yet, you have no idea that this is happening. You get no consent, you give no permission. ... Is the analysis of your activities on the internet, without your explicit consent ethical? ... Of course these websites have privacy and terms which you have to read through to find it, but something like this should be front and center. ... They are making you more susceptible to these advertisements, making them more effective at selling you things. ...

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Advertisement Analysis In all advertisements, there is a common goal, make the product appealing. ... This is trying to give the reader an impression that most people crave a woman like this. ... Next time you catch yourself attracted to any advertisement, ask yourself what made it so appealing to you? Soon you will see more and more of these techniques used in all types of advertisements....

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These appeals tool can help people analysis whether an advertisement is effective or not. ... Although not every company are using all of the fifteen appeals tools, these tools can sure help analysis whether an advertisement is effective or not. ... They will wonder, will they be truly satisfied after buying the car just like the ad said? ... This headline is using indirect and hidden words telling the buyers that this Cadillac car is something special, and can show how high class you are when you buy their car. ... In this case, this ad shows that the car will lead you to high class and respe...

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Careful analysis of contemporary constructions of beauty reveals that perceptions of women are significantly altered and influenced by a media that emphasizes the "perfect" woman, otherwise triggering negative stereotypes and feelings of inferiority regarding age, body image, and sexual appeal. ... For example, a teenage girl flipping through the pages of Glamour magazine would probably never say she wishes she looked like her middle aged, average sized mother after three kids, but more like one of the models on the cover of with the size zero waist and seemingly flawless complexion. ... Th...

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The advantage of reaching your targeted market for little or no cash investment is substantial, and the audience wanting your information voluntarily joins or follows you. ... With social media, you get to decide how you want to position your company and what you want people to know about what you do. ... "The reality is that most of your competitors aren't likely doing a very good job with social media (most companies aren't), which gives you the chance to stand out. ... If you avoid social media, you leave a big opening that allows your competitors to capture your audience&quo...

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Comparison "When others are doing it, you should do it too." ... Liking "When you like the source, do what is requested." ... Authority "When the source is an authority, you can believe it." ... Reciprocity "When someone gives you something, you should give something back." ... Then the consumer chooses one from this set to purchase, usually applying a more detailed analysis. ...

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If you're in denial about this you clearly haven't paid attention to advertisements like the low-rider magazine, burger king commercials, herbal essence, and the most popular one of them all, the AXE commercials. ... I decided to analyze this Axe commercial titled, "Clean Your Balls" for my rhetorical analysis because it has multiple components throughout the commercial that represents sexuality. ... So you think the men will purchase this? ... Providing a since of appeal that manipulates your emotion or how you feel about something specific. ... You want to be treated equ...

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Cultural Impact on International Branding in Advertising----A case of success of LGE in China I. Research Problem: Is it possible to persuade consumers in different markets with the same advertising message? This question is one of the most fundamental decisions when planning an advertising c...

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Like everything else in this template, the storytelling style is optional and you should feel free to change it to suit your needs. ... Gap analysis. ... Competitive analysis. ... The Content Analysis Tool and Open Site Explorer show you different measures of content success. ... In addition, we'd like to see more visitors either end their journey at your contact page (customers who are ready to convert) or increase the number of pages visitors visit before leaving your site (people who are not ready to convert but with whom you can build trust over time). ...

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To overcome this advertising failure and also to add another dimension to the generic form of advertising, agencies are now placing their products in programs where consumers have a pre-disposition of such situational characteristics like lighting, music, settings and characters. ... (p. 691) A later study by Atkin & Block (1984) extended the original findings by conducting more rigorous statistical analysis. ... According to both Lesch et al. (1991) and Atkin & Block (1981 & 1984) the main objective of alcohol advertising is to portray misleading and dishonest affiliations which deceiv...

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The advertisement is saying to the audience, "I'm famous and I use acne products; and if you want to have flawless skin like a celebrity, you would buy this product. " Ethos is also apparent on Justin Bieber image or known as a testimonial. ... Even though having completely flawless skin is impossible this image implies the message that if you use Proactiv, you will look like a celebrity you admire. ... Using Justin Bieber, a very famous celebrity, gives the targeted audience of teenagers a need to have flawless skin like the celebrities they look up to in order to look/feel like them in...

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Television advertisements are more direct as most of the time you see someone talking directly to you. ... All but one of them starts with "could you" which is effective because this refers back to the slogan and the main question they are asking you - ""could you" join the police?" ... When reading the text it sounds like spoken language - like a voice-over, making it very conversational and personal, involving the reader through the usage of "you". ... After that, "Could You?" ... The "Could You?" ...

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Today, propaganda still plays a huge role in advertisement just like it did back in the 1920s during Adolf Hitler's time. ... This ad appears very plain with no pictures and just five words on a white background, "Dear Ketel One Drinker Thank You." ... It is saying to drink their brand because it is the only one that will serve a person right so "Thank you" to whom ever that person may be. ... In this very brief statement, "Dear Ketel One Drinker Thank You," the company is trying to make the individual drinker of that alcohol feel special by stooping down to that particular individ...

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In that advertisement Nike shows the audience that wearing a Nike product will make you fast enough for a race against a leopard. ... If the adults have their kids get used to racism or staying away from a certain someone for whoever they are, the kids will eventually become like them and the world will stay the way it is. ... No one should do something because other want him or her to be like them....

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Even if you can't be in the Bahamas, at least you feel like you are. ... The depiction of the Bahamas made me feel like the longer I stared at the background of the bright blue ocean, the more I could imagine being surrounded by the warmth of the Bahamas. ... The slogan, "Works in over 200 countries, like the Bahamas," is so simple, but the ad does not need a list of benefits or other unnecessary text. ... The ad is saying "choose our company and we can help you 'reach' anyone, anywhere, because we are global.... It doesn't matter whether or not you are a u...

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The Hilux grant you this power–– the power to go to the extreme and dominate each terrain it travels. ... You cannot be safer in a car that show up with no scratches at all on the beach after that thousand-foot drop. ... Simple tasks like cycling, barbecuing or even drinking a cup of coffee are impossible as he constantly remembers the success the Hilux have brought him. ... When you think about a Hilux, or any 4x4 truck for that matter, most likely a picture of a man driving it comes to mind. ... The sensation is purely fun and only rugged men can have the pleasure of driving lik...

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When you think of the picture-perfect family, what comes to mind? ... Or the father is works twenty-four seven and when he is not working he at the gym or doing "manly" things like working on a car and getting all dirty? ... " This is not what men and women are even close to being like realistically. ... The teenage children see peers their age or young beautiful women or men on commercials who look a certain way and the younger teen girl or boy believe they need to look just like their peers in the commercials. ... After paying that amount you may not even get the results you w...

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The tabs Absolut Elyx and Press bring the reader to what looks like a secondary site, and these tabs, along with About Absolut are based on the product's history and background information. ... Like all alcohol manufacturers, their products contain a "Drink Responsibly" label. ... This program allows you to set up a timed text message or Facebook message for yourself or a friend to be reminded of a drink limit. ... To change tomorrow you must first transform today.... It seems like each piece of this site and the advertisements it contained were carefully designed to irradiate ...

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In this way, the participation that companies like Nike do resembles sponsoring very closely. ... This definition, just like many of the previous works on this topic, shows the two different aspects of brand loyalty clearly " behavioral and attitudinal. ... In turn, these have an influence on outcome-related aspects of brand equity like market share and relative price (Chaukuri et al, 2001). ...

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This particular type of analysis involving flashing images is referred to as tachistoscopic experimentation. ... The plaintiffs were asking for $6.2 million dollars for the product liability for the band allegedly placing the subliminal message, "Do it" in their song entitled "Better by You, Better Than Me," off their 1978 Stained Class album. ...

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This is another area of advertising that has helped contribute to the continued success of the company. 1991's "You Got the Right One Baby Uh-Uh- featuring Ray Charles and the Uh-Uh girls hit radio and television airwaves and become one of the most popular campaigns in 1991. ... By showcasing today's hottest artists and linking its name to them, Pepsi is reaching out to its pre-teen and teenage audience like never before. ...

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THE EFFECT OF ADVERTISING ON CULTURE To begin my discussion of the issue of commodification and advertising, I would like to look at TV. ... (_Boxed In: The Culture of TV_" Mark Crispin Miller, Northwestern University Press, 1988, p. 11) We often think of TV as merely a technological invention, which like all inventions can have both positive and negative impacts. ... Unlike Williamson, he does not use structuralism or Marxism in his analysis of advertising, but he comes to similar conclusions concerning its negative effects as well as to some degree how it is able to achieve its ...

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