I honestly have no idea what I want to write my first paper about. I know that I want it to be an advertisement that I disagree with; therefore, I can have more to write about. At this point I am thinking that I want to do a poster advertisement rather than an advertisement that is a film clip or a commercial. I feel that, for me, I can do more work that way. I find it easier to use a single shot advertisement because I can break down what the advertisement means to me and more clearly display my reasoning. An example of this would be when we, as a class, analyzed the advertisement for Bud Light Beer. We could easily go through each aspect of the advertisement and discuss what we first saw, why we saw it first, how the advertisement was persuasive, and what would make us go out and buy this product. Although I am still unsure of what specific advertisement I would like to analyze I am sure that I will disagree with it and it will be a single shot.
Some things that I disagree with, that could be useful for this paper are peta2 advertisements, McDonalds, and advertisements that are degrading to women. Although I do disagree with these things, I really do not have much to say on some of the advertisements that I have seen thus far. I probably will not pick an advertisement that degrades women because, to be honest, when I see a girl doing promiscuous things in an advertisement or wearing little clothing, I automatically think of her as a trashy person. I know that that may not be the case at all but to me if you choose to do things like that for money then that’s your own problem and you already know the way that you are perceived. I also know that not all these women pose as their own decision, but I feel like that is more of an intense topic. I feel like I just need to continue searching for something that I think I could continue to debate about, not just something that I disagree with. Finding something that I could debate about, or against, means that I could go on and on about the subject no matter what the argument for it may be, which I know is a large part of writing about anything that is controversial; I have to know both sides in order to know my place and where I stand so that I can make good arguments.
Obviously, the biggest road block for me, between now and actually writing this paper, will be finding the perfect advertisement for me to write about. I think that if I apply myself and look deeper into the issues in the world today and into the things I do not agree with I can find something of strong meaning to me. Hopefully I can find one soon so that I can began to outline what I want to write about in my paper.
Amanda! i feel your pain!
ReplyDeletei spent sooo much time trying to find the right advertisement. i search for nearly hours trying to find a good one and it definately stunted the whole process, and frustrated me. I suppose one thing that helped me was just not trying to find the "perfect" ad that I LOVED but setteling on just an ad i could write five pages on and not rip my hair out! We all are in college now and Im sure we are all capable of writing convincing papers of any subject. I hope you found one and i hope your paper turned out good!!!
You're definitely on the right track here. It's good to recognize what you're interested in, and what you want to avoid. Though it's often the case that models essentially do what they're told in advertisements, in order to get paid or not fired, it certainly doesn't mean you have to analyze a representation of gender in an ad. But do remember that: it's not the models who decide how ads looks; it's the corporations.
ReplyDeleteI think picking an ad that you can debate about is a good technique because it will give you more to write about. But I also think an add that you disagree with could also be easy to analyze ad write about.
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