Deliverable Length: 600+ words + 1 reference Page + 1 Title Page (including at least 2 scholarly references) on the following:
- Discuss an advertising campaign that used violent imagery or sexual content. You may use the campaign you selected to analyze or choose a new campaign.
- Are there violent images or sexual content associated with the product? If so, what are they?
- Is it overt or subtle in its tone? What is the anticipated reaction to the use of such content and images in advertising?
- What does the academic literature on violent and sexual content in mass media suggest are the impacts of such content on individuals?
Assignment Objectives:
- Identify the ways our personal behaviors are influenced by popular media, social media and mass communication.
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This is the continuation of the Nike’s product campaign you’ve been writing for this class (Individual Project). But since Nike does not have any history of sex and violence in their campaign, we are allowed to choose a new campaign.
I’m attaching a file if you’d like to add as a reference in your writing. I copied and past from a section of the book. You don’t have to use it but if you need it is here.
Answer preview
For many businesses, marketing and advertising is central to market leadership and an increase in revenue. As such, companies design their ads in ways they believe will attract and retain potential and existing customers. Among the strategies used is the utilization of messages that have subtle or overtly sexual or violent content. A fashion advertisement by Dolce & Gabbana in Esquire was taken down after a public outrage claiming that it promoted gang rape by its heavy sexual and violent imagery.
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