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P.270 Phillip Greenburg, Viagra Model Car
While I was going through Beyond Words, I came upon this picture with a model of a racing car with two model figurines, very scantily dressed, posing next to it. It was kind of a “wtf” moment. I was wondering what a picture like that was doing in one of my English textbooks. As I took a longer look, I realized that the model car had been advertising Viagra, the infamous little, blue male “enhancement” pill. Even though Viagra itself has very obvious sexual implications, the provocatively posed model figurines are what grabbed my attention. The models exude very blatant sexual references. In my opinion, the models are supposed draw in the male audience by suggesting that they may be able to get women like the figurines if they were to buy the drug.
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P.271 Human Rights Watch Website, 2008
At first glance, I thought that the Human Rights Website was completely boring. There was not anything flashy or appealing to capture my attention. However, as I looked further into the headlines, I began to get interested in the website more. I am a person that really likes current events and issues all over the world, so I wanted to learn more about the website. I think having the information being based on the Internet is the best medium for that type of information because it is then accessible to people all over the world, and therefore, the issues can be wider spread.
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P.265 Got Milk, 2004
The first thing I saw as I got to this page was a shirtless, kind of cute, muscular man. I suppose that is the main intention of advertisements, to grab the consumer’s attention, and so that they pay more attention to whatever the seller is trying to sell. In this ad, the American Dairy Farmers’ association is trying to advertise the benefits of drinking milk by saying that the man on the advertisement, Dave Mirra, survived numerous accidents because he had strong bones, which was a result of him drinking milk. I think this medium works the best for the situation because visually appealing to all people because you are able to see all of the scars on his body, which further emphasizes the power of milk.
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P.426 The Campaign for Real Beauty Background
The first thing that caught my attention to this article was the title. How could you create a campaign for real beauty, especially since it is such a subjective topic? Everyone has their own definition of what is beautiful. As I read, I realized that Dove, the sponsor of the campaign, was pushing to develop inner beauty in women across the world, instead of outer, physical beauty. They push to improve self-esteem in women across the world. I think that having this in article form is some what effective, but not as effective as it could be.
While reading your entry, I had to go look up the Viagra advertisement. Wow. That’s all I have to say. At least that advertisement isn’t as awkward as the commercials are, they always put the oldest people imaginable in there saying things like “Viagra enhanced my performance”. Very strange picture to have in an English textbook that’s for sure. The human rights website is very interesting, I’ve never heard of it before but I think it’s an excellent way for people all around the world to connect and share their thoughts about certain issues. The Got Milk advertisement is also interesting because like you said, BMX cyclist Dave Mirra is in the advertisement telling people to drink more milk because it’s helped him personally survive numerous accidents. That’s a good way to put milk out there to encourage people to drink it. Strong bones people, strong bones! I think the Campaign for Real Beauty article is very true and I’m glad that someone is trying to get women to believe in inner beauty. I think some women get too caught up in trying to please someone else that they forget about themselves.
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