{"id":33763,"date":"2023-09-15T07:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/how-does-advertising-affect-the-ways-in-which-we-see-ourselves-and-the-world-around-us-be-sure-to-discuss-the-ways-that-advertisements-shape-or-attempt-to-shape-our-self-images-and-or\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T07:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T07:22:51","slug":"how-does-advertising-affect-the-ways-in-which-we-see-ourselves-and-the-world-around-us-be-sure-to-discuss-the-ways-that-advertisements-shape-or-attempt-to-shape-our-self-images-and-or","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/how-does-advertising-affect-the-ways-in-which-we-see-ourselves-and-the-world-around-us-be-sure-to-discuss-the-ways-that-advertisements-shape-or-attempt-to-shape-our-self-images-and-or\/","title":{"rendered":"How does advertising affect the ways in which we see ourselves and the world around us? Be sure to discuss the ways that advertisements shape\u2014or attempt to shape\u2014our self-images and\/or our views of the world around us."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">Assignment Summary:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Compare and contrast three to five (3-5)<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">specific<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>ads.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You MUST have completed the Chart of Common Ideas for your ads.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If the chart has not been completed, I will neither accept nor grade your essay!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You MUST embed any ads in your essay so that I may see them. If you use any commercials, make sure that the LINK in the list of works cited is functional.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A failure to show your ads and\/or commercials will lead to a failing grade for your essay.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use two (2) or more additional sources from the ones introduced during the course of the assignment that will act as support\/evidence for your thesis.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The links in your list of works cited MUST work. Be prepared to show PROOF of research if requested.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If sources are not readily and easily verified, the essay will fail.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Using the ads and supporting research, address this question: &nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does advertising affect the ways in which we see ourselves and the world around us?<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be sure to discuss the ways that advertisements shape\u2014or attempt to shape\u2014our self-images and\/or our views of the world around us.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 1.5em; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Detailed Instructions:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select ads that have enough in common\u2014yet sufficient differences\u2014for comparison\/contrast.<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You may choose actual, specific ads from print, online, television, and\/or radio, in any combination. Generalizations about advertising or types of ads will not replace the use of actual ads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note:&nbsp; Ads for the same brand of an item may be too similar for adequate contrast.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create an original, narrow thesis about some aspect of advertising. Your ads will provide you with evidence for your thesis. For example&#8230;<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You might look at three to five different car ads that attempt to shape consumers\u2019 views about family. What does \u201cfamily\u201d look like in car ads? What values are upheld and\/or rejected? How does each ad accomplish this?&nbsp; OR<br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You could look at three to five ads for beauty products. What do these particular ads show about what women (and\/or men) are supposed to value? Do they play into these expectations, or do they somehow subvert them? If so, how? (You might look at the Dove Real Beauty Campaign as one example.) OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You could study three to five ads for athletic shoes. Do these specific ads reinforce any stereotypes about race, gender, economic status, or any other stereotype, or do the ads reject the stereotypes? What can you learn about stereotyping from them? OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Find another possible thesis and three to five ads to use as examples\/proof.&nbsp; No matter your choice of ads and thesis, remember the assignment goal:&nbsp;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">to discuss the ways that advertisements shape\u2014or attempt to shape\u2014our self-images and\/or our views of the world around us.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Be specific! Compare and contrast<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">details<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>from the specific ads that support your thesis:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Color, target audience(s), the use (or lack) of pictures, the choice and placement of people and objects in the ads (if present), any text, images and\/or metaphors used, the presence of \u201cweasel\u201d words and\/or appeals (Jib Fowles)\u2026any appropriate criteria<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create and submit a Chart of Common Ideas to organize your findings:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"Assignment\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/shastacollege.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/33585\/assignments\/702473\">Prewriting: Submit your Chart of Common Ideas (Advertising + Ourselves)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Analyze, synthesize, and organize your findings in accordance with your thesis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Remember to use (and<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CITE<\/strong>) at least<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">TWO<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>additional sources\/articles about advertising\/ad analysis that pass tests for credibility and usefulness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Remember to CITE your sources in current and correct MLA format. Include both in-text citations and a list of works cited.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This means that you should have at least FIVE (5) to SEVEN (7) sources cited on your list: three (3) to five (5) ads and two (2) or more articles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 1.5em; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Important notes about ads:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">If you choose ads found on the internet, you must do your \u201cdue diligence\u201d and confirm that the ads are the original versions and have not been altered (e.g., photoshopped) after the fact.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Altered ads change the authors\u2019\/advertisers\u2019 original intentions and are no longer ads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Citation information may be inaccurate or missing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Some brief articles may<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">look<\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>like ads, so look carefully at the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">purpose<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>of the pictures and text.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your essay will<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">fail<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>if you choose fake ads or texts that are not actual ads, so ask me if you are uncertain about your choice(s).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Apply the same research standards to finding and citing ads that you should apply to ANY source.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You must CITE not only your supporting articles but also your ads.&nbsp;Each ad should receive its own separate citation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Remember that you must show proof of your ads and research. (See above.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 1.5em; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Grading Criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Your essay will be graded on a combination of its content (the thesis; the analysis, synthesis and organization of information; the choice of appropriate ads and additional sources), the writing (grammar and usage), the proper use and crediting of at least FIVE sources, and, to a lesser extent, the formatting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto;\">Assignment Goals:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will create an original thesis that you support with textual evidence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will select and read appropriate outside texts (including ads) critically and accurately.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will practice analyzing, synthesizing, and organizing information from multiple sources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will support your thesis and points using comparison as well as quotes, summaries, and paraphrases from the sources as appropriate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will practice attribution and parenthetical citation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">You will apply the techniques of prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-size: 1.5em; background-color: var(--color-6); font-variant-caps: inherit;\">Formatting Directions:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Length:&nbsp; 1000 words (minimum)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Font:&nbsp;10-12 point font, not bolded \u2013 Choose Arial, Courier, or Times New Roman.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Margins:&nbsp;One-inch all around (Note that MS Word\u2019s preset is 1.25\u201d \u2013 change it.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; 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