Introduction to advertising: blog tasks
Answer the following questions on your blog: 1) How does the Marmite Gene Project advert use narrative? Apply some narrative theories here. The Marmite Gene Project advert uses narrative by using Levi-Strauss' binary opposition through the slogan 'You love it or you hate it' to create a cultural context for Marmite. 2) What persuasive techniques are used by the Marmite advert? Slogan "love it or hate it" is one of the most well known thins about Mermite. 3) Focusing specifically on the Media Magazine article, what does John Berger suggest about advertising in ‘Ways of Seeing’? "All publicity works on anxiety." Advertising spreads the belief that we can purchase our way to better lives and 4) What is it psychologists refer to as referencing? Which persuasive techniques could you link this idea to? The spectator-buyer is meant to envy who they will become it the buy the product. This is an emotional appeal persuasive technique. 5) How has Marmite mar...