The basis of this assignment was to select an advertisement or commercial and analyze it by demonstrating my understanding of the rhetorical strategies; ethos, pathos, and logos. I choose a Super Bowl commercial put out by Budweiser depicting a feel-good message about drunk driving. The famous beer company traded in the Clydesdale horse for an adorable puppy to play the part of a dog who was left at home while his owner is out partying for the night. In this analysis, I address the intended audiences that the Budweiser commercial was catering to while addressing the subject, language, and predominate images used in this advertisement. I aimed to determine the overall purpose and stating whether or not the commercial was effective in persuading
The ads that my group created are about the Goldfish snack and they give a message to the audience. Goldfish campaign wants to show people that Goldfish snacks are good snacks. The message of the ad is trying to make people buy Goldfish. The target audience is people that haven't tried goldfish because the ads message it says that if they want a easy snack to try Goldfish. The Goldfish campaign wants their consumers to buy goldfish snacks and they use the devices and diction rhetorical devices to convince that Goldfish would be a good snack.
To do this, Nike appeals to the audience’s emotions by getting into your softer side by making the commercial animated and opening the audience to not only male soccer players but to everybody. The video was about 5 minutes long and it was trying to tell you a story that you can relate too. Nike uses a classic story of failure and then success type of story that many advertisements use to appeal to peoples’ pathos appeals. They also used pathos with the music in the background. When the mood changed in the video so did the music in the background to get the viewer more engaged.
The Onion In modern society, consumers are flooded with advertisements as they move along in their daily lives; advertisements displayed on billboards and magazines, the internet and social media, and television and radio. Many companies utilize different rhetorical techniques to appeal to their audience by extending their product and its capabilities. When viewing advertisements you can see the exaggeration and hyperbolic quality some create. Some advertisements are so exaggerated that they become humorous in a sense. An article from The Onion, a satiric newspaper, displays the unintended humor that is captured within some advertisements.
These advertisements are created in a way that capture’s the audience’s attention and makes them want to purchase the product. In specific, the ad “It’s Beautiful” and “Taste the Feeling of Summer with Coca Cola” are only two of multiple others that sells their product successfully with the use of the rhetorical appeals:
The credibility of the ad comes from the world class known players in different sports like Neymar in soccer, Selena in Tennis, and Nyjah in skating. Consequently, the argument displayed by the company shows that humans are unlimited; all the opportunities for us to be the best in something are in front of us by hardworking and believing in ourselves. This way, Nike grabbed the hearts of inspired people who stood up for the call, and they will probably use their equipments to play their favorite sport. In my opinion, Nike “Unlimited You” was one of their best ads logically and reasonably; the numbers on YouTube show that this is their most viewed ad and it is one of their most recent as it was uploaded on Internet one month ago!
The poem “One Boy Told Me” by Naomi Shihab Nye, was told by her son when he was two and three years of age. His comments, thoughts, and remarks were jotted down verbatim by Naomi and pieced together to create the one of a kind free verse poem. Nye assembled the phrases into individual stanza’s where they coherently flow to one another to illustrate the mind of a toddler. Wide ranges of emotions and personalities invoke the inner child and their curiosity. Overall, her son’s interpretations of his surroundings and understandings are represented in how the idioms expressed set the stage for intrusiveness, humor, and poetic devices to contribute to the overall meaning.
Lastly, the logos are very effective in persuading its audience. Although, Nike presents the advertisement as factual the advertisement doesn’t use any statistics or facts and numbers, but use the speaker and the boy to make a logical appeal to audience. The speaker, Tom Hardy, makes the advertisement argument sound very factual when he tells the audience that we can all achieve greatness, and it’s not some rare DNA strand— you just have to do it. By saying so the audience now has this idea planted in their head, and can inspire the audience to do it when they realize it. The boy again, also plays a role in this logical appeal.
Advertisements are everywhere, on television, radio, social media, billboards, magazines, and even on yearbooks. On the other hand, would it not be nice if every advertisement an individual saw, read, or heard were actually true? Like using Axe body spray really did attract women or eating Snickers truly made one satisfied in seconds? Yet, most of the time the advertisements that seem too good to be true, actually are. In fact, countless of ads are only slightly true and instead filled with many common errors in reasoning, known as logical fallacies, a sneaky marketing technique companies utilize to trick a consumer into giving them their undivided attention and money.
Have You Been Brain Washed? Have you ever looked at an advertisement and pictured yourself using the product that was being advertised, to than actually being interested in purchasing that product? Well that was their goal, advertisers have mastered the market industry by being aware of the fact that us humans are very concerned with our image. Advertisers know that we have a greater chance of buying a product if we can picture ourselves how we would like to be portrayed of course with the help of their product. In ads, companies want to provide an image that can be relatable to the viewers and what would want to appeal to them.
Throughout the years Nike has dominated shoe sales against other competitors. Nike is known for their marketing concepts including putting a lot of time into their commercials. The quality of commercials has a lot to do with how much a product sale. Nike does a great job using music, humor, and celebrity endorsement to push interest to their products. In the commercial “LeBron James Nike Pool” Nike uses three advertising techniques such as; Music, Humor, and Celebrity endorsement to appeal to their customers.
It secures the athletes and give them trust and dedication to fight for their ultimate goal to achieve. Nike's ads are basic , but very effective. Nike's pathos is if you wear nike you don’t have to worry about anything; your in good hands ,the products will not fail you. It will help you strive for your goal you want to accomplish. All in all, nike is making advertisements that their products are the best and better than the competition.
The ad is also trying to say that when you purchase these shoes it shows what kind of man you are, a man similar to that of tony stark. Another reason is it is trying to show that the shoes are strong and powerful and help save the but in an environmental way. Personal Impression To me, this ad is basically saying that these shoes are strong and durable. It shows to me that unless you get these shoes you will never be a man, which I find very unnecessary because your shoes do not define the kind of man you are. The way they compare these shoe to a fictional super character is interesting to make it look like it would have similar qualities to that of the iron man suit, which makes me think this is an ad aim toward young children and fans of marvel
Numerous TV promotions have interesting way of grabbing the attention of their audience. For most, this consist of presenting something that the individual can relate to. Most of them also keep their advertisement simple by displaying the advertisement and explaining why one would need it. Commercials sole purpose is to benefit the audience and persuade them to purchase their product. A recent addition from the Ebony magazine featured a Snicker Bar Advertisement.
They are persuaded that he or she is getting a great deal, saving cash, or purchasing a good that will perform in a particular way. There are many different types of false and misleading advertising methods used by firms to lure consumers. Some of them
