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February 08, 2008
Change?
So until reading Romaine’s article and talking about it today in class, I had never thought about advertisements. I don’t watch that much TV (strange, I know) and I always glimpse over them when I’m reading magazines and newspapers, etc.
Anyway, I got back to my room. And I decided to turn on the television and BAM. Right in my face is an ad for Pantene shampoo with some celebrity that I probably should know but don’t. Surprisingly, the ad didn’t focus on her hair a lot. More like her perfect white teeth, long legs, and flawless skin. Hmmm. Now this ad is supposed to be targeted towards women, but I just felt annoyed watching it. In my head, I was screaming: “you’ve been manipulated so you look amazing! It’s not real!”
It may just be me, but I think that more and more people are starting to realize this. And with writers like Romaine, the obvious is becoming clearer and clearer. These ads do not represent real life. Because of this. I really do think that the advertisement industry has to change. It has to adapt to what appeals to US. So if we realize the problems with certain ads, they will be modified. Kind-of crazily optimistic, I know. But hey, sometimes you have to be.
Posted by amyljb at February 8, 2008 01:37 PM
Comments
Most of ads are very stupid, in fact are useless
Posted by: armataultra@yahoo.com at February 11, 2008 12:33 PM
yeah, i do agree with you. like every ad these days are focusing on "perfection" but on the view of the advertisers its really difficult for them to sell a product without emphasizing beauty. i mean who would be attracted to a product if it didn't come along with beauty?
Posted by: limsy at February 11, 2008 03:08 PM
I, too, find it so agrivating when ads are so ideal. There is nothing real about the "women" in the majority of ads today. I put women in quotation marks because it's not how they look in real life..it is technologically perfected versions of women. I was just talking about this with my bf, and about how disappointing it would be if someone thought every girl looked as they do in ads...and then ends up realizing it isn't true. Not only is that disappointing for the guy, but how awful for the girl to feel ashamed of her body, and how awful to live in a world that is okay with that!
Posted by: polenj at February 11, 2008 06:22 PM
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