Tuesday, 26 April 2016

OUGD501 - Essay Structure

Essay focuses on desire
  • Dangers of desire
  • Negative aspects
  • Negative emotions
  • Link to advertising – stereotypical approaches
  • Gender stereotyping
  • Ad buster approach – use humour to break stereotypes
  • e.g. fork – female form parallel


Intro 200

What essay is about?
What topics will be covered?

What is desire    500

Definitions
Advertising book
Psychology book
  • Comparison of though
  • Freud

Why humans desire stuff     800

why do humans seek to own things 
  • Rewards systems – how we are wired
  • Differences between want and need


Consumerism – materialistic
  • Instagram/ blogs – show off what we have
  • The ‘like’ culture
  • Links to depression / low mood
  • Facebook addiction – isolation
  • Presentation of untrue realities

how credit cards etc make this possible

 how we get into trouble with money
 all things are attainable – even if they have consequence


How advertisers function 700

Role of advertising
  • Sell the dream but reality is money making for the seller
  • Freud
  • unconscious desires
Use tricks to hook us in – impact upon our behaviour

  • Examples of what they do
  • Campaigns using this approach
  • Capitalise on the way humans function
  • Hidden persuasion
  • Subliminal messages
  • Examples of what they do
  • Campaigns using this approach
  • Capitalise on the way humans function

Why a different approach is needed     300

Negativity surrounding current role of advertising linked to desire

What is it doing to society?
Stats
  • Disposable income
  • Amount of average debt
  • What we buy that we don’t need
  • Office for national statistics
What is it doing to us?
  • Societal issues
  • Mental health
  • Debt


How can advertising tricks be used against advertiser 300

  • Control
  • Becomes routine
  • Why we need to turn the approach around
  • How can we do it







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