Outline and Critically Evaluate One of the Theoretical Approaches as It Applies to 3 Different Advertisements/Commercials of Your Choice

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Outline and critically evaluate ONE of the theoretical approaches as it applies to 3 different advertisements/commercials of your choice Introduction For the past three decades, various studies have examined how consumer’s evaluation of issues and products are exaggerated by media advertisement. This phenomenon has generated huge interests within the field of advertising and also in academia. As suggested by Ewen (2008, p.39), “advertising helps to keep the masses dissatisfied with their mode of life, disconnected with ugly things around them”. This statement suggested that advertisement was designed to create attitude change to certain product. Using the gender theoretical approach, this essay will seek to outline and critically evaluate the advertisement approaches in three different advertisement/commercials using Goffman’s (1979) analysis of gender portrayer in magazine and television advert as the conceptual framework in the essay . To achieve this objective, the essay will first examine the advertising concept by analysing the discussions on the concept drawing upon theoretical arguments. Secondly, the essay will consider three different adverts such as Sean John cologne, D&G, and Energie demin to highlight the proposed gender argument within the context of the three adverts stated above and finally conclude by making an informed account of the facts obtained in the essay. The goal of advertising is mainly to influence the behaviour of people. For example, this involves persuading people the buy a particular product, use certain services or vote for a particular person in an election or competition. It also help to change a personal behaviour, for example NHS smoking campaign. Advertising plays an important role in the context of consumption of goods and services. It provides a platform for consumers to build up a perception about a particular

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