Lectures between Obama and MCcain

There are two different styles of lecture between Obama and MCcain. One is zestfully and enthusiastic, another one is Haughty and conceited. It is not difficult to see that Obama and MCcain have big differences in the parentage, experience and political ideas which like a huge difference between the North and the South. For me, I prefer the lecture of Obama to McCain's. In Obama’s lecture, I can see the sunshine and feel the warmth. The appearance of Obama just symbolizes hope and change. His speech is so attractive. His broad smile even can capture the hearts of many people. However, I cannot feel the sincerity from McCain’s. Most parts of McCain’s lecture are surrounding himself. I remember he said in the lecture which is “I know who I am; I know what I want to do. I never….” It sounds like the absolute monarchy. Therefore, I do not like the speech of McCain’s.

obama/mccain

I felt that Obama's ad was very inspiring. From the beginning, when they showed pictured of the American landscape, to the music, which is very upbeat and catchy. Obama is a very good speaker, he knows how to use rhetoric and appeal to different groups of people, and plus he just has a sting voice and sounds very confident. Showing all the people that support him is another clever tactic. On the other hand, McCain's ad play up his military expereince and shows his willingness to fight for this country. I also liked how he used other great leaders in his ad, and the contrast between the old leaders and the universe/ sky. Both candidates sound very sure of themselves and confident in their ability to lead the country.

Election Ads

I feel these two ads are totally different. Obama's ad makes me feel happy and easy, he let me feel Americans need to look forward and do better in the future. I think Obama can let Americans change to better and do not live in the past. I don't like McCain's ad, because the feeling likes nervous and a little bit sad. I know he suggest security and let Americans safe. However, he makes the feeling too strong which is like if we do not have the stronger Army or protection systerm( security), we are in dangerous tomorrow. McCain give Americans too pressures.

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Supporting Obama

I am a supporter of Obama because I believe he is the right person to lead the country at this time. He offers a rare opportunity for the country and the world to start over, and to do better. It is a deep sadness to me that many of my feminist white women friends cannot see him. Cannot see what he carries in his being. Cannot hear the fresh choices toward Movement he offers. That they can believe that millions of Americans –black, white, yellow, red and brown - choose Obama over Clinton only because he is a man, and black, feels tragic to me.
When I have supported white people, men and women, it was because I thought them the best possible people to do whatever the job required. Nothing else would have occurred to me. If Obama were in any sense mediocre, he would be forgotten by now. He is, in fact, a remarkable human being, not perfect but humanly stunning, like King was and like Mandela is. We look at him, as we looked at them, and are glad to be of our species. He is the change America has been trying desperately and for centuries to hide, ignore, kill. The change America must have if we are to convince the rest of the world that we care about people other than our (white) selves.

Analysis of Election Ads

The Obama ad seems very hopeful, and inspirational. He shows that he has made history in more ways than one by registering several people to vote, insipiring young peolpe to take part in the political process, and ofcourse by being the first potential black president of the United States. He portrays this in his ad by showing several people who support him and have been inspired by him who are carrying "hope" and "change" signs. Also, we get the feeling that he has made history through the use of the black outline around the screen as well as the fuzzy, poor quality of the ad. He shows a lot of average, mainstream Americans in the ad to show that he has always made this election about the people and not about him. He tried to refute the argument that he is an elietest by showing farms, and walking in average clothes along side construction workers and average people. The American flag is also represented numerous times throughout the ad to suggest that he is patriotic and cares about America. Additionally, the upbeat music in the ad gives the viewer a feeling of hope and inspires us to have an optimistic, proud, and positive outook to the future. Also, his eloquence gives him the upper hand in this ad because it shows his confidence and sincerity. He sounds genuine when he doesn't have to look at his notes or when he pauses after certain phrases to emphasize his message. The McCain ad portrays him as a strong fighter. He uses the phrase " we wont surrender, they will". To show he is courageous and patriotic, he shows clips of himself as a P.O.W. Although the music is supposed to be inspirational, positive, strong, and looking to the future, it seems a little scary to me. It's too fast paced and so low that it gives off this ery, anxious feeling of anticipation. Although the clouds seem to represent hopefulness and a bright future, I think he should have used brighter colors in the non-black and white clips. Also, he uses historical figures like Roosevelt and Churchill to suggest that he will be tough, and an excellent leader through difficult times. He shows images of children towards the end of the ad to suggest that he is focused on making a better, safer nation for the children and future of America.

Obama and Mccain's ad

This ad try to show people that Obama is going to work hard and to accomplish his promise as a president.His speech lets me feel more hopeful than Mccain does.In this ad, it shows a lot of expressions that appear from people's face.people smile ,cheer and jump when Obama finish his speech.In contrast, Mccain's ad shows more about his past and try to tell peole he has more experience than Obama.In my opinion,present and future is more important than past. Thus, I feel Obama's ad is better.

Man In The Areana

RE: The Man In The Arena:

I think this ad tried to show McCain as a president who would follow a strong and aggressive foreign policy. They tried to get this message across by associating him with Teddy Roosevelt and Churchill. Maybe they could've thrown a jab at Obama by comparing him with Neville Chamberlin...

They put up some video of kids running through the fields, tugging our heartstrings and showing us who McCain would really fight for. The video also concentrates on his history as a POW in Vietnam, further associating him with the military. He's also able to contrast himself with Obama who has no military experience. You can also see the word "HERO" in a newspaper article title behind one of McCains portraits.

In the beginning of the video, McCain emphasizes the strength of America, appealing to our patriotism.

McCain's ad

I thought that the McCain ad was very affective. McCain shows strong past leaders in his ad portraying that he will be as strong as they were. Also the fact that he is always mentioning his capture, I think helps his cause. A man who fought for his country and survived captivity should be respected. It also shows that he has experience when facing adversities.

Obama Ad

In the Obama ad, the first thing that caught my attention was his voice. In my opinion, I thought he had a very sincere yet stern voice. This tone of voice portrays a truthful and serious person. I also noticed that the upbeat music in the ad was introduced when he talked about change and action. This type of music stimulates movement (suggesting that the audience should also "get in on the action"). The music's upbeat rhythms are reflected in the audience as they march, jump and cheer, greet each other, etc.

Analyzing election ads

To me Obama ad is more appealing and patriotic. First if all the headings of the ads tell a lot about the ad. The American promise (Obama) gives a hint that this ad is or should be about Americans where as " The man in the Arena" (McCain) as it says, is about McCain and not about the country.
Obama ad is very lively and full of patriotic images along with the words of course. This ad shows lots of American flags held by people; Americans from all race, color,gender and of all ages portraying the diversity of America (another patriotic feel). Moreover, in his ad, Obama is talking to people; to the Americans; to us, giving a sense of team effort to work towards the prosperity of the country. Whereas in McCain's ad, he talks about himself and his past.

I Changed My Blog

My blog centers on advertising for financial services.

Images in political ads

Here is an interesting analysis of the two presidential candidates' ads: it shows what images are included in the ads and how often.

Race in Ads

Our next topic within this unit, as suggested by the title above, is race in advertising. Here is an interesting look at some of the depictions of race in American ads in the 20th century. And beyond.

Check this out

If anyone wants to follow up on the elections, check this out. You might find it useful.
http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard

Recycling

I am doing my advertising ads on recycling. Here is the link to my blog.

http://recyclingads.blogspot.com/

This is my blog.

hi everyone .this is my new blog about advertisement on US NAVY . I really appreciate that someone could browse it and make some comments.


http://jinchuang.blogspot.com/

Patriotism! (Jingoism?)

Obama...


...and McCain.



Obama: "The American Promise"...


...and McCain: "The Man in the Arena"

When you analyze your ads

Each time you post an ad on your blog, it should be accompanied by analysis (at least 100 words or so). Don't know what to say? Consider these questions.

-What is the message of this ad? What is being marketed? Is it obvious?
-Who is the audience for the ad? How do you know?
-Describe the aesthetic techniques used in the ad. Is it dramatic, funny, colorful, stark? Does it use still images, animation, live actors? What tone or effect do these techniques create?
-Are there people in the ad? How would you describe them? Are they old, young, male, female, white, black, Asian-American, Latino? Why were these people chosen?
-Where is the ad taking place? Why was this location chosen?
-What kind of music or sound effects are used in the ad? What effect do they have?
-Is there a voice-over in the ad? What kind of voice is used? Why was it chosen?
-Is there any text in the ad? What does the text do?
-Do you think the text of the ad is logical? Exaggerated? Misleading?
-Does the ad make any promises, explicitly or implicitly? What are they?
-What kind of emotion does the ad want you to feel? How can you tell?
-Are there characters in the ad the audience is meant to identify with? Do you?

Public Service Announcement Ads

Hey class, here is an Anti-smoking ad i have found that tells you some terrible but true facts about smoking, hope you guys enjoy. http://psa-ads.blogspot.com/

My Blog

I don't know yet what I want to do but, here is my link to my blog.
http://migueltepale.blogspot.com/

Worst ads of the election

Here you can see some of the less rhetorically-savvy ads used by candidates in this year's election.

Stef's Blog on Advertisments

Hi all!

My blog will be using celebrities as adverstiments

Here's the link:

http://celebrityadvertising.blogspot.com/

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Checkie outtie my bloggy blog....

h0pe you guys and girls find it interesting

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Additions

On the menu to the right you will notice a downloadable pdf about using transitions, which I told you I would post, as well as a link to a guide for using MLA citations.

Jcaqueline

http://jacquelinelin.blogspot.com/

here is my blog~ I will talk something about milk powder events happend in China in this unit.

Yo soy Barack Obama

Sorry about that very long wait but I have chosen a topic!

My topic is "beauty" in advertising, touching mainly on what the public perceives as beautiful and how the meaning of beauty is distorted by advertising.

Si, yo soy Barack Obama. Corey es un mentiroso.

Jake

I have no idea what to do my blog on....but when I figure, it out, it will be AMAZING!!

http://jakecyber110.blogspot.com

Yo soy Barack Obama

Jingles in Advertising

My Blog Will be on Jingles in advertising

http://jinglesinads.blogspot.com/

Blog for Advertisements

I decided to do my focus on Fast Food Advertisements.
http://cybercompblog.blogspot.com/

Advertising Techniques

This page might help anyone looking for advertising techniques to base their blog on...

http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/media_literacy/advertising_techniques.htm

For Monday

Once you have watched the two ads posted below, please read this article from the New York Times. In particular I want you to read some of the comments at the end (read up to #19 at least), because I think it will be an interesting way to approach discussion of the videos.

Also before Monday, I want you to set up your own blog using blogger.com. If you know what your Essay 2 topic will be, give your blog a name that reflects it (like "Sailboats in Advertising") or if not, give it a more generic name (like "Corey's Ad Blog"). Email me a link to your blog.

For next week: two political ads to consider

Here are two ads, one from the McCain campaign and one from the Obama campaign. They are quite different in style (and length), but they are both examples of the same basic political strategy. What is that strategy?

"Do you know enough to elect Barack Obama?"


"KEATING ECONOMICS: John McCain & The Making of a Financial Crisis"

First Essay F.A.Q.

When is it due? You must have your first draft written, printed and with you for our class on October 14. (The final version is due October 22.)

How long does it have to be? Your first draft must be at least 6 pages (double-spaced). You will likely edit it later, so the final version will be 5-7 pages.

For whom am I writing? You should assume that your audience is made up of people like you, who have a similar level of general knowledge, but who may not immediately accept your opinion. There’s no need to describe your subject in great detail or explain its background or history, unless this is important to your argument. It is essential, however, that you make your argument with clear reasoning and strong evidence. Your essay is not like a test question, where you recite what you’ve learned; it’s more like an opinion piece in a newspaper, where you explain your own take on the subject.

What are the basic requirements? Make sure you have a clear thesis (an assertion of opinion), and use evidence, including quotations where appropriate, to support it. The thesis should be plainly introduced in the first or second paragraph, and your concluding paragraph should recapitulate your argument. Give your paper a title that identifies the topic succinctly but strikingly. Make sure that whenever you use a direct quotation, or make use of another writer’s idea or information in any way, you provide a proper citation in MLA format. Even your first draft should be proofread carefully — your peers will be reading your essay, and you don't want to embarrass yourself with spelling mistakes.

How do I get a good grade? Most importantly, you must think hard and be creative! Show me that you genuinely care about your idea and the way it is expressed. Stick to your own words, ones you feel confident using, and give your argument a simple structure unless you have an idea that needs an unconventional format and you think you can pull it off. Try to look beyond the obvious and ask your own questions. When you make a statement, trying asking yourself: why is this true, and why does it matter? What are the political, moral, and philosophical implications? However, remember that this is just a short paper, so don’t jump to grand conclusions. If you convincingly demonstrate one minor insight, I’ll be more impressed than if you make broad claims and don’t back them up.

How should it be presented? It must be printed, double-spaced, on white 8.5x11” paper, using Times or a similar font, 12-point, in black ink.

Am I allowed to plagiarize my paper? Uh, no. I will be looking for evidence that your paper is the product of this class and your own intellect. It may not be pieced together from websites, bought from or written by someone else, or even written by you for another class.

Can I get feedback on my paper and revise it? Sure. In class, we are going to read each other’s papers and give feedback on the spot. If you want, you can also meet me during my office hours or after class, or else email me your paper at any time and I will respond when I can.

Why haven’t you told us what to write about? Because in college, in additional to learning lots of valuable stuff, you are expected to become independent thinkers. That includes deciding for yourself what is interesting about a given topic, and deciding what your opinion is. You have each chosen a website that has fostered a sort of online community, so your task is to point out an issue connected to your chosen website. It doesn’t have to be exclusively related to your website; you could discuss a broader issue, using your website as an example.

Could you give us some examples? Alright. Here are some questions that might help you focus your thoughts when you are figuring what your thesis will be. These are just suggestions.

1. Do you think the policies of social networking sites such as Facebook threaten the privacy of their users? What is the danger, exactly? What should be done to improve the situation?

2. Some critics of online communities say these spaces encourage anti-social behavior? Do you agree with this criticism? Why or why not?

3. Some digital communities have received attention because of fraudulent and/or criminal activities on the sites. Do you think online communities encourage this kind of behavior or make certain behaviors more prevalent? Why might people act less (or more) responsibly online than in real life?

4. How has interactivity through online communities changed the way people communicate / get news / view entertainment? Are these changes improvements or not?

5. Some online communities such as Wikipedia or Flickr allow for collaborative creation. What copyright ownership issues does this raise? How important do you think it is that an image or text be attributed to its creator?

Harrypotterfanfiction.com thesis

The website Harrypotterfanfiction.com enables people to establish friendships and communities by sharing their fan fictions; an art that should not be threatened by accusations of plagiarism.

all comments appreciated =)

Facebook

The future repercussions of incorrect usage of Facebook's privacy settings outweigh the advantages of sharing personal information on the website.

Classmates.com thesis

Classmates.com is a social networking website that causes more of a hassle then a benefit to its users.

msn.com

msn providers take user's peronal information without any mentioned
(please feel free to comment^^)

New Thesis Statement on Craigslist

Craigslist is the new doorway for individuals to commit crimes
Let me know what you think.

QQ.com thesis

Tencent QQ is very popular in China because aside the chat program, it also developed many subfeatures such as games, pets, internet dating service, etc...

The Thesis statement of Cyworld

Cyworld is an interesting Korean communication website because each member has their own "home" in their profile which is cartoon avatars.

(last one I wrote is too general, so I rewrite the thesis of cyworld)

purevolumee

PureVolume is a brilliant new way for undiscovered musical artists to put themselves on the radar and promote their music.

Amazon.com Thesis

Out of the many e-commerce websites on the web, Amazon.com is one of the best to use when buying goods.

Thesis statement reminder

Hi everyone. Most of you have already sent me your thesis statement or posted it here. Over the next day or two I'm going to finish emailing each of you individually with feedback on your sentence.

In case you were confused about the thesis statement assignment, let me reiterate: I want you to write a single sentence that you can use as the thesis of your first essay. A thesis is not just a topic; it must also express an opinion that can be defended with evidence. In other words, your thesis must not only introduce the cyber-community you have chosen to write about, but must also state what point you are trying to make. "Facebook is a popular social-networking site" is not sufficient. An improvement would be "Facebook is a better way to communicate with friends than email alone." The second sentence states an opinion that is open to debate but can be reasonably supported with examples/evidence.

If you haven't emailed me your thesis statement, please do so right away. Once you have received my feedback, the next step will be to craft an opening paragraph (5-7 sentences) that introduces your subject, provides a context for your thesis statement, and outlines the approach you will take to supporting your idea in the essay. You should have a version of this ready for Oct. 6 (next Monday).

Corey