Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Researach project

1. Should Medical Marijuana be regulated by the states instead of the federal government?

2. 99 % around the world

3. War in Iraq.

I chose three topics because they are 3 of the most interesting topics that are local around the United States but also global. I looked on news sites and searched the web and read information on all three topics and they were all pretty easy to search. I believe the debate on medical marijuana and how it should be regulated is the most interesting to me and that is the one ill most likely discuss. 

Monday, October 10, 2011

Rhetorial analysis II ads

Vintage Schlitz Beer Ad

 The first add i chose is a beer ad by schlipps. It's a vintage add that adds comedy for the viewers.
*man and a woman, clearly married
*stove in the background
*food being burned on the stove
*the text says " dont worry darling, you didn't burn the beer," making it clear that the woman burned the food
*2 beer bottles sitting on the table in the kitchen
*man in a business suit, just getting off work possibly?
*woman looks like she's been cleaning the house all day and burned the food



 The second add i chose in a cigarette ad by the brand camel, it also is a vintage looking picture.
*woman sitting on a car smoking a cig
*she looks like she's enjoying it and its very relaxing
*she's wearing a work uniform
*the sky is orange
*the car she's sitting on is an older car

I found both of these ads on the internet but they both originally were in magazines. I chose the older looking ones beacuse i wanted to compare old vs new. In the first one, it shows a husband and wife, and the husband looks like he just got off work and is glad he still gets a beer even though the food is burned. It seems like this is for more of the older crowd rather than young since its showing a married couple. And in the second one it shows a younger woman sitting on a car enjoying her cigarette. She's in her work uniform so it suggests that she's on her break and needs to relax, and smoking camels will do that for a person.