Burger King Ad Analysis

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Surface meaning: The surface meaning is the promotion of a new particular type of burger from Burger King. There is a female and a burger in the ad. Intended meaning: The advertiser wants the viewer to crave the burger so that the viewer goes out and purchases the burger.
Cultural or ideological meaning: The ad is extremely sexual. The female has her eyes and mouth wide open as if she is shocked of the size of the “burger.” The advertisement is clearly displaying an image that represents a female that is about to engage in oral sex with a male. “It’ll blow your mind away” and “super seven incher” phrases are used to send a sexual message. The word blow is referring to a man receiving oral sex and the phrase “super seven incher” is referring to a male’s penis. The ad is not only degrading females but is also degrading males, as it is suggesting that males who have large penises are more desirable, as the female is looking at the burger, which represents a penis accompanied by the phrase “ it just tastes better.”
Erving Goffman’s coding system: In this ad, the woman’s hands are not seen at all. The ad suggests that she is not even feeding herself. It is as she is not even in control of what she is about to eat. The women’s eyes are averted to the burger, which represents a male’s penis. The woman’s face is shocked, as if she cannot …show more content…

The ad suggests that the woman does not have to use much strenteh to clean with the magic eraser. The daughets hand is shown pointing at the window, as if she is amazed with the products cleaning ability. The mother is shown instructing the daugher on how to clean with the magic eraser, it is important to note that the child is not a male. The ad only displays the mother and dauhters, upper bodies, only one of their arms is showed each, and both are catering to cleaning the

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