Proactiv is a skin care product created to treat acne and other skin problems. It is a product that is known worldwide. This product was created by two famous dermatologists, Dr. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields. Proactiv is a three step process to clearer and better skin. Proactiv’s message is to tell us that their product can make all your acne problems go away. The audiences that they want to appeal to are mostly teenagers and those who have acne. Their ads can make teens and people who have acne become hypnotized by their products. What make Proactiv so well known are their advertisements. Proactiv ads use testimonial, plain folk, bandwagon, and transfer propaganda techniques.
The first technique used in Proactiv’s ads’ is testimonial. In their ads they use famous stars that people look up to. For example, Proactiv use celebrities like Adam Levine, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, and many more famous celebrities. These celebrities have many fans and idols out in the world, which is a great way to show these fans and idols what these stars use to keep their skin acne free. Every fan and idol wants to be just like their favorite actors, singers, or other famous people, whether it is hair products, clothes, or makeup fans want to use the same products that their favorite stars uses. Adam Levine, Katy Perry, and Justin Bieber are a few of the many celebrities that influence everyone to dress or use the same products that they use. These famous people can say "My secret to keeping my skin acne free is because I use Proactiv” this will make their fans believe that Proactiv makes their skin acne free too. Fans always believe their favorite celebrities and defend them so using celebrities is the way to get into our wallets. Celebrities nee...
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...everyone. America is well known to everyone and it is diverse, so it shows that people of all races say that Proactiv is number one. This says that the product is good and America says that it is number one.
Proactiv knows how to grab our attention in their commercials or ads. The propaganda techniques that they use have a very strong influence and persuasion towards their audience. Testimonial technique makes the teen audience, or other celebrity fans have the desire to buy the product that the celebrities themselves use. Plain Folks can make their audience relate to common people like themselves and believe the common people. Bandwagon makes the audience feel left out if they do not buy their product or they can get you with their great deal. Transfer influences the audience with the word America in their ad. Proactiv ads leave secrets hidden in their messages.
Popular brands and companies typically rely heavily on brand names to unfairly convince people to buy their specific product, even though another brand would likely work almost the same. In order to do this, those companies use many elements of ethos, but they also attempt to establish the superiority of their brand with logos and pathos. In the commercial, “Colgate Dentist DRTV,” the brand attempts to persuade consumers to buy Colgate Total toothpaste by presenting their name and relatable women, followed by attractive visuals, but ultimately the advertisement fails to provide enough logic to convince a well-informed audience that it truly matters which brand of toothpaste they buy, and that Colgate is better than any
Customers are not only buying the product because they need it, they buy it because they trust it. That credibility is connected to the emotional impact of the commercial. The details of the propaganda are designed to produce a sensation of freshness, cleanness, and energy. With the emotional connection that it creates they make people want to buy it because they want to feel pretty, comfortable and fresh. The logical sound of the commercial and product’s effectiveness gives the final touch to persuade the viewers. Given these points, we can conclude that the magic behind the success of Neutrogena Wave Sonic is the correct use of ethos pathos and
The first appeal is visible by using logos to offer the audience logic to purchase Proactiv products. Proactiv affirms that their product are for women of any and all kinds of skin types of racial backgrounds. The ad states “Skin Smoothing Exfoliator, Complexion Perfecting Hydrator, and Pore Targeting Treatment which is used to describe the product that they are advertising. Proactiv also offers Proactiv Solution Oil Free Moisturizer. This product has been around for a long time and is growing quickly and is very diverse also. Proactiv states “Skin Smoothing Exfoliator” which cleanses thoroughly leaving skin smooth and pol...
Have you ever seen an advertisement for a product and could immediately relate to the subject or the product in that advertisement? Companies that sell products are always trying to find new and interesting ways to get buyers and get people’s attention. It has become a part of our society today to always have products being shown to them. As claimed in Elizabeth Thoman’s essay Rise of the Image Culture: Re-Imagining the American Dream, “…advertising offered instructions on how to dress, how to behave, how to appear to others in order to gain approval and avoid rejection”. This statement is true because most of the time buyers are persuaded by ads for certain products.
The target audience for the proactive commercial is any men, women, or teenager having insecurities about the acne they might have. The proactiv commercial displays a persuasion of both ethos and logic. An example of ethos is would be when the Proactiv commercials start to involve celebrities. The celebrities that come out on the Proactiv commercial start to talk about their own stories and how they struggle with acne themselves. This makes the audience (us ) realize that they are just normal human beings and go through what everyone else does. At that point for me, it made me feel comfortable with my insecurities, as I knew that I can use the treatment. Another example the Proactiv commercial uses is logic. The various people that try Proactiv
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The video describes how our society may not even care about the product being advertised, but we still read the billboard or watch the commercial. Also mentioned was the use of colors in a commercial, the marketing effects in politics, and even market research obtained by studying different cults. Frontline takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar “persuasion industries” of advertising and how this rhetoric affects everyone. So whether this is in the form of a television commercial or a billboard, pathos, logos, and ethos can be found in all advertisements.
We live in a fast paced society that is ruled by mass media. Every day we are bombarded by images of, perfect bodies, beautiful hair, flawless skin, and ageless faces that flash at us like a slide show. These ideas and images are embedded in our minds throughout our lives. Advertisements select audience openly and subliminally, and target them with their product. They allude to the fact that in order to be like the people in this advertisement you must use their product. This is not a new approach, nor is it unique to this generation, but never has it been as widely used as it is today. There is an old saying 'a picture is worth a thousand words,' and what better way to tell someone about a product than with all one thousand words, that all fit on one page. Take for example this ad for Hennessy cognac found in Cosmopolitan, which is a high, priced French liquor. This ad is claiming in more ways than one that Hennessy is an upscale cognac and is 'appropriately complex' as well as high-class liquor. There are numerous subliminal connotations contingent to this statement.
Many may say that they were tricked into getting something new that someone famous uses but most people don’t do the research to figure out if it works the way it is supposed to. Back in the day many people could see others buying thing because someone famous used it they didn't have what they needed to see if it was true that that famous person used the product or not but, Today we have the necessary equipment to prove what we use is good or not. Even if famous people do get paid for using these kinds of products there is enough to be able to prove if it's false advertising or not. A good example for this is shampoo. Pantene has currently paid Selena Gomez to help put their shampoo on the market as they see that Selena is a very well known celebrity they use her fame to put out the new shampoo they have made that is “better an fortifies the hair” . This is a great way to show what people mean by false advertising. It is the responsibility of the buyer to know what the product does an if it does work or
Pantene and Neutrogena both use Pathos in their ads to impel an emotional reaction to attract the consumer into purchasing their product. In the advertisement for Pantene; we see that it appeals to women as it tries to use any insecurities women may have about their hair in order to offer them the product to help them build their confidence and make them feel beautiful. The main focus of this ad is Selena Gomez confidence and her shiny, strong, and smooth hair. As a result, it gives the consumer the desire to have healthy, shiny hair like Selena. Therefore, it makes the consumer subconsciously think about whether the Pantene shampoo will make their hair look as good as hers. Simultaneously, in the advertisement for Neutrogena, we see that it appeals
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All these stages are simple, but extremely effective. Any advertisement that you hear on the radio or see on the TV is using classical conditioning to make you change your behavior and go and buy their product. Cola, pizzas, cars, and even toilet paper commercials are no exception. Advertisements are made with this psychological principal, using objects or certain types of people to generate an emotion to dig deep into your mind and your pocket book. Today we will take a walk through the history of advertising and look at how commercials for beauty products have evolved with the
McClintoch discuss Propaganda is a systematic approach used to change peoples’ opinion to one’s side or win the audiences over. Propaganda has no concern whether the message projected out is right or wrong, false or truth as long as the messages convince the audience in the favor of advertisements intention. McClintoch states facts about today advertisements uses propaganda to assist in advertising their products or messages. Most Americans are unaware of these hidden messages and grasp on to the appearance of glamour approach that advertisements uses in their product. Vicks Nyquil advertisements incorporate the dark green color, triangle logo encircles the brand name, and slogan to capture the audiences focus to the product. Vicks Nyquil commercials use propaganda techniques such as glittering generalities to glamourize and focus on the production, plain folks to relate to audiences as a common person, an average Joe in meaning, “I’m just like you” and enforce the “trust me ideas,” and bandwagon approach saying most Americans take Vicks Nyquil, why don’t you? All of these propaganda techniques are common terms to convince the audiences to believe, trust, and purchase the ideas, but has no prove in scientific logic or evidence to the
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