Ad Analysis: Week in Review
Friday Dialogue from Your Two Favorite Educators As Emily and Aubrey look back over the week they use their razor sharp wit to analyze...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2012: Overview
Do any Google search for advertising lesson plans and in Google language you’ll see “about” 3.8 millions results. Change “advertising” to “commercial” and that number climbs to over 18 million. With...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2012: Intro Advertising
Today we begin to tackle Super Bowl commercials from 2012. Our goal: to give you some articles and videos to begin a unit on teaching advertising. Hopefully by now your heartburn and disdain for Mr....
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2012: Car Commercials
I do believe that, taken all together, Chevy’s commercials in Super Bowl XLVI were hands down the best. From indie music to humorous takes on the apocalypse they presented a good/fresh take on the...
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2012: Commercial Values
While having students identify details about language and “landscape” is important whenever teaching commercials/advertising, it’s imperative that they be able to identify larger cultural themes....
View ArticleSuper Bowl 2012: Week in Review
Friday Dialogue from Your Two Favorite Educators As Emily and Aubrey look back over the week they use their razor sharp wit to analyze...
View ArticlePresidents’ Day: Toyota’s Dancing Presidents
iStockphoto.com The focus of this weekend’s impromptu posts is Presidents’ Day commercials highlighting the following key terms “presidents” and “dancing.” Silly? Yes. Disturbing? Most Certainly....
View ArticleRhetoric: Olympic Advertisments
The lengths to which I will go to watch Olympic coverage in my own house has become ridiculous. As I crawl into bed, I still feel compelled to watch one more race, one more event, one more dive....
View ArticleRhetoric: Olympic Advertisements
As promised, today we talk about Olympic advertisements. While the 2012 games are over, it’s still a good way to engage students in the process of viewing advertisements through a critical lens....
View ArticleAdvertising & Rhetoric
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