Doritos were first introduced in 1968 by Frito-Lays. From 1968 until now Doritos have used many advertisements to promote their product. Over the years, Doritos has become a successful company and is known for their different flavors chips. During 1995 and 2013, Doritos created two different Super Bowl commercials that are broken down between their target audience, historical context, media choices/composition of advertisement and rhetorical appeals. In these commercials there are three rhetorical appeals being presented: logos, ethos, and pathos.
In 1995 with the famous “Change can be exciting” commercial featuring recently defeated US governors Mario Cuomo and Ann Richards. The producers led the viewers to believe they are discussing political
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The advertisement described the impact of the doritos by having the father and his friends betray his gender by dressing as princesses. This grabs the audience attention by using pathos- having the audience connect with the little girl and her father’s relationship. The commercial allows viewers to see that the Doritos could bring out a side of you that anyone has ever seen and a relationship builder. The target audience for this commercial would be for younger kids and mid age adults because it would grab the younger children attention with the scenery and mid age adults because of the humor and the fact that they are a …show more content…
The commercial from the 1995 Super Bowl use more of pathos appeal- persuading the viewers using emotion. The commercial’s purpose was to have the candidates express their technique and thoughts without heavily showing off the new Doritos. The 2013 Super Bowl commercial primarily focused on logos appeal. The commercial time was spent showing off the new bag of Doritos and the relationship of the father and daughter. Both commercials ran for 30 seconds and was effective to one another. The older commercial advertised the product while consulting to what was going on during that time period. The newer commercial advertised their product, but also add humor and a child. Even though each commercial had different attributions, both commercials were successful at selling their product