Multi Love “Just Checking” was published in 2013, it is a General Mills breakfast cereal advertisement for its brand Cheerios. This advertisement eventually had to disable their comment section on YouTube because several consumers felt it was bigoted. This advertisement involves a biracial innocent daughter running up to the kitchen table out of curiosity. She sits the box of Cheerios down on the table and asked her Caucasian mother “are cheerios good for the heart” because that is what Dad told her. The mother looks at the box of Cheerios and reads the ingredients aloud then confirmed it is healthy for the heart. Grabbing the box of Cheerios, the little girl quickly runs past the refrigerator, turn, and disappears. In the next scene, an African-American father wakes up from a nap with a chest full of Cheerios, on the left side. The advertisement ended with the father calling out a name and the word “Love” with a Cheerio being used as a period. This advertisement is family friendly taking into consideration that multiethnic families do exist, Cheerios appeals to the use of emotions, a …show more content…
modern-day family, and suggest by purchasing this cereal, customer increase their chances to a healthy heart no matter the ethnic group. This advertisement was intended to persuade the multiethnic families, suited for all ages in this modern time. The choice of setting indicates he or she does not have to be wealthy to live a healthy lifestyle. The home was mediocre with a warm, bright, and surprising feeling. Cheerios appeals to the use of love of all kind. This advertisement expresses the story of a little girl who wants to keep her dad healthy. “Just Checking” starts off with a spunky little biracial girl with unruly wavy hair, carrying a box of cheerios to the kitchen table where her mother appears to be paying bills. The mother has no type of sex appeal but her hair was down with minimum make-up. She wore a basic blouse while sitting at a circular dinner table. There is a blue ball under the table at her feet. The camera then turns back to the little girl, she has a curiosity look on her face. She loved her dad so much, she had to confirm that Cheerios cereal is “good for the heart”. The look on this little girl face insinuated she wanted answer and she had a plan. Once the mother answered, the next scene shows the dad waking up from a nap. He has a pile of Cheerios on the left side of his chest, where the heart is located. The advertisement ends with a bright yellow screen, cheerios rolling around, with the word “Love” in black writing using a Cheerio for the period. Cheerios was not just selling their product, they were also showing love and a modern family. In today society, the appearance of the all-American household has changed.
Same race families no longer represent the all-American family since Interracial dating has shown continuous growth. The fact that Cheerios used a progressive modern-day family, proves that Cheerios is progressively accepting this type bond. Cheerios was not afraid to show how diverse they can be while promoting the sales of their product. They use a biracial child, Caucasian mother, and an African American father to promote sells through a modern-day family. Cheerios left the nationality of the father until the end because it did not matter what ethnic group he came from. Cheerios wanted to remind society, there are families that look this way, multiethnic families do exist, and we support that multiplicity. When it comes to supporting beneficial health, Cheerios supports all kinds of
ethnicity. Throughout this advertisement cheerios promoted sells and good health from the beginning to the end. Cheerios had the child question about the benefit of this cereal. Then uses the mother to express the credibility by naming specific ingredients and suggesting it does lowers cholesterol which does lead to a healthy heart. When the father wakes up he has a chest full of cheerios and the ad ends with love. This advertisement suggest customers can increase chances to a healthy heart and lower cholesterol, no matter what the ethnic group he or she belongs to. Companies are always going to work to lure us to purchase their products. Cheerios did an awesome job at their marketing strategies. This advertisement presented us with a loving and multiethnic family to equate the product to good heart health in all kinds of families.
The advertisement opens with Dean Winters in a black business suit with a butterfly band-aid on his upper right cheek, just below his eye. Winters is in the back seat of an SUV. He is holding a purple and yellow sippy cup, which has two handles on either side of it. In his lap is a gallon size bag of Cheerios, which he is consuming with his left hand. On his left is a grey sun blocker; most mothers have to protect their children from the sun while they are in the car. On Winter’s left, a clothes hanger has a pink and green cloth ball tied to a purple string. Winters has crumbs covering not only him but also his car seat. Behind his car seat is a yellow blanket. As soon as the commercial opens, Winters is screaming "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Three seconds into screaming, he looks directly at the viewer with a sly...
Cheerios currently targeting: An older age group, with the message of lowering cholesterol. Another problem is makes parents purchase the cereal as a healthy choice for their children. When it comes to college students that not fully aware of health benefits don’t by Cheerios
Nutri-Grain cereal bars were created by the Kellogg Company and first introduced in the 1970’s Australia. They were later introduced to the United States and other countries. As more women began to work outside the home, the ritual of a family breakfast became obsolete as many individuals turned to quicker solutions for breakfast. The Nutri-Grain bar soon became popular as the on-the-go snack during the 1990’s. The cereal bar also comes in a variety of flavors that kids love, from blueberry to strawberry yogurt and has the texture a soft, homemade cookie. This television commercial centers on the theme of fostering a relationship between today’s kids and nature (see Appendix A). As the youth of today spends more time in the electronic world,
This advertisement features Pathos, because the little boy in the advertisement will probably make people feel guilty, because they spend a lot of money on unnecessary things and waste it, but this child says “Don’t I deserve a happy life?”, and this will probably make people from our society want to spend money to support this cause. This advertisement also features patriotism, because it suggests that purchasing this product will show the love, and support you have towards your country. This company makes people from America want to support this cause. It says in the advertisement,” Help stop child poverty in America”. This advertisement also features Transfer andWeasel Words because it uses positive words, and positive images to suggest that the product being sold is also positive.
Yet this “Oreo Cookie” commercial is perhaps the most remarkable. First, she twists the cookie apart and then, this cute little girl with her hair in pigtails proceeds to dunk the cookie in a tall glass of milk, submerging her entire hand. The camera then shifts to show the child’s grandfather eating the cookie in the same manner. This advertisement aims at leading audiences to reminisce of the simple pleasures of their childhood, like enjoying a cookie.
In the last fifty years television has evolved tremendously, especially sitcoms. For example, in 1969 The Brady Bunch aired a show that featured two broken families coming together to form a seemingly ‘perfect’ blended one. The television show emphasized the importance of appreciating your loved ones, as well as surmounting challenges that teenagers face in everyday life. In 2009, the perhaps ‘modern’ Brady Bunch aired on ABC, Modern Family. This show focuses on three families, and highlights non-traditional families, illustrating that there is no ‘perfect’ family. In the forty nine year gap between the two programs, social and cultural issues such as gay marriage, adoption, and multicultural marriages have made
Advertisements are one of many things that Americans cannot get away from. Every American sees an average of 3,000 advertisements a day; whether it’s on the television, radio, while surfing the internet, or while driving around town. Advertisements try to get consumers to buy their products by getting their attention. Most advertisements don’t have anything to do with the product itself. Every company has a different way of getting the public’s attention, but every advertisement has the same goal - to sell the product. Every advertisement tries to appeal to the audience by using ethos, pathos, and logos, while also focusing on who their audience is and the purpose of the ad. An example of this is a Charmin commercial where there is a bear who gets excited when he gets to use the toilet paper because it is so soft.
Americans love their television, and television loves the American family. Since the 1970’s, the depiction of the American family on television has gone through many changes. In the 70s, the Brady Bunch showed an all-white nuclear family. Today, Modern Family, shows a family of blended races, ages, and sexualities. For thirty years, the sitcom family has reflected the changing society of its time and there is no exception of this for the families in The Brady Bunch and Modern Family. The lifestyle, social aspects, and economics situations of the Bradys and the Pritchett-Dunphys are similar in their attempts to portray the lives of families of their time, but differ drastically in the types of families they represent. The characters in Modern
Aside from the biggest image at the top of the ad, the first aspect that captures the attention of the readers is the statement in capital letters and bigger font, “Your mom wasn’t your dad’s first”. In a society that still considers discussing sexual relations as openly in the media a tabu, the sentence shocks
This label makes Cheerios seem like a “healthy conscience choice” when in fact they are not healthy at all. The truth is that this breakfast cereal is highly processed and is best avoided despite the “healthy halo” of being approved by the National Heart Association and GMO free. The truth appears on the nutrition label and the ingredients (Wartman). “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t buy it” The voluntary labeling places a burden on the consumer. The average American is forced to navigate a confusing and cluttered food landscape” (Wartman).
I came across this advertisement on the train on my way to school. I felt it was a natural ad because it showcased the New Yorkers we see; the diverse community and the different age groups represented made this advertisement feel relatable. The propaganda gave off a direct persuasive voice that went straight to the point of reporting suspicious activity. Some of the elements evident in this public service announcement include bandwagon, slogan, target audience, and the use of plain folks.
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.
Fairlife milk advertises a woman bending forward, with her hands on her hips, and is showing a lot of skin of the chest and the high thigh areas, kind of like a Pin-up girl. The woman in the ad is wearing a dress made of milk, high heels and is expressing a shocked look on her face with her mouth open and wide eyes. There are white bold letters on the right of the woman that states “Drink what she’s wearing”. The background of the ad is a
Racism is a repulsive issue that is becoming more and more evident to the people living in America. It is not something that is taken lightly in society today, and it can be extremely offensive to many. Even though everyone reacts differently to it, it is important for all people to make an honest effort to respect others regardless of their racial and ethnic backgrounds. People must change their stereotypical thoughts about others and help decrease or end racism by addressing any issues in which racism is concerned. Results in response to different approaches to confront the situation have occurred, but it still remains very real within our world today. Although some changes have been seen, racism in advertising is still tremendously evident due to very weak, offensive comical attempts, the unawareness of advertisers, and the depiction of society’s ideal person.
Advertising is the paid, impersonal, one-way marketing of persuasive information from an identified sponsor circulated through channels of mass communication to promote the adoption of goods, services or ideas. (“What is Advertising?”) Chuck Blore, a partner in the advertising firm Chuck Blore & Don Ruchman, Inc. once said that “advertising is the art of arresting the human intelligence just long enough to get money from it.” (Shah, Anup.). Children are targeted and manipulated everyday by corporations like McDonalds, Burger King, and General Mills and don’t even know it. Child Psychologist Allen Kanner reported in 2000 that three-year-old American children typically recognize one hundred company logos. ("Advertising.")