Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Week 8: Propaganda in Advertising/PR



Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself.









Bandwagon
Bandwagon and "inevitable-victory" appeals attempt to persuade the target audience to join in and take the course of action that "everyone else is taking".
- In the Hyundai commercial they said that " What if we always settled for the first thing that came along? " and it showed that everyone was using the same thing old thing.
Join the crowd
This technique reinforces people's natural desire to be on the winning side. This technique is used to convince the audience that a program is an expression of an irresistible mass movement and that it is in their best interest to join.
- At the end of the commercial they said, " Then we would have never gotten here, " and introduced the Hyundai Sonota Hybrid.

1 comment:

  1. A lot of exaggeration too, as if it's the only hybrid.

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