Advertisement is basically being considered poison in the point of view of Kalle Lasn due the fact that ads are a powerful threat for the brains of the North American population. There used to be places to escape from ads but due to the fact that it never stops and are in everywhere you wouldn't even consider would have ads. 12 billion display ads, 3 million radio commercials, and 200,000 TV commercials shows exactly why it's not an exageration when its quoted "the most prevelant and toxic of the mental polluntants".
I agree with what Kalle Lasn is saying in her article "Hype" that advertisement is a toxin because I personally believe advertisement is like poison since I've seen a lot of commircial ads of skittles and the next thing I know I start destroying my teeth with the rainbow as if I was ordered to.When I was a little kid
there was one place that I keep asking my parents to take me to buy toys which I saw in an ad, and that was
my heaven back in the day,Toys RUs. When it comes to killing games, I see in a gameinformer magazine the
two most popular shooter games, and they're Killzone and Black-Ops. These are three examples are basically my whole agreement with Kalle Lasn.
When it comes to ads I personally think that the fact that there are 12 billion display ads, 3 millon radio commmercials, and 200,000 TV commercials every day makes me wonder when is there never an ad of anything poping up in your face as you go through your daily lives doing whatever your doing. To consider advertisement a toxin is probably the greatest way to describe it but I wouldn't call it toxic but more as a cold that never goes away. One example would be the proactive commercials that some popular celebrities have been paid to be in as well as fitness equipment that supposably helps you lose weight like the shakeweights. When it comes to ads North America definitely "takes the cake".
Destroying kids minds by using the things they love most, and thats candy, toys, and videogames. One example of candy would be Skittles T.V ad ending with "taste the rainbow"; yeah I taste it alright but is it the rainbow or is it ad poison that I taste in my mouth with skittles. Back in the day there used to be so many toys I bought and played with when I was five-years old because of ads, and they slinkies, playdoh, legos, and yoyo's all wrapped up in one place I like to call "Toys RUs" my heaven as a little kid. The thing
about videogames is that there are two types of games that the majority of American's always buy even to thisday and they are single-player shooter, and multi-player shooter games like Kill Zone, or Black Ops with one single goal,killing the other players by shooting them with god knows what kind of gun. The worse thing about this ad is that violence is shown in these types of games what I think is the worst type of ad poison.
To sum everything up, advertisement really could be considered the world's best toxic for mental polution.The speed in which ads appear daily could probably be as fast as the speed of light. The fact that it's a non-stopping cold isn't an understatement. Lets just hope that in the future that advertisement doesn't corrupt us to the point that it destroys our North America.
1. Overall, what is the author doing well? (It is always good to start off with a strong point).
ReplyDeleteChristian has a negative strong point of view against the advertisement career. He exposes critical examples of his childhood being a bad influence against him, these examples are well supported with details of his own experiences and they are connected to the main point of the essay.
2. Is the essay around 400 words?
Indeed, his essay is about 400 words.
3. Does the author (your team mate) have a clear claim? What is it?
Christian has a clear claim, he agrees to Kalle Lasn. He explains that, when he was a kid, he used to listen to the commercials of skittles, and those commercials had subliminal messages that made him get hyper.
4. Does the author have a clear introduction? How could it be improved?
The first two sentences of the introduction are well stated, since he is introducing the author’s name and the passage’s title as well. Then he starts to give facts that are taken from the passage, for instance; “12 billion displays ads, 3 million radio commercials, and 200,000 TV commercials”. I consider those facts to be supporting details of a main idea, and they can be utilized on any of the body paragraph.
5. Does the author summarize the reading completely and clearly? Why or why not?
Yes, he did summarize the whole article in just 4 sentences, and it is clearly presented. He began writing on his summarize that the author considered advertisement to be a poison that affects the population of North America. Next, he stated that there was no way to escape of this career, and lastly, he complemented with, “you can run, but cannot hide”. It sounds more like the script of a movie, but it is a good end.
6. Does the author response to the reading with specific examples from real life?
Yes, He did. He stated several examples during the essay, as he mentioned on the skittles commercials with the message, “tastes the rainbow”. Another good example was the one for TOYS RUS, when he used to be kid; he wanted to buy all the toys. Lastly, the videogames was part of his life experiences noted on his essay.
7. Is the writing clear and easy to read? What patterns of errors do you see that needs to be addressed in the future?
Overall, he made a good connection through the essay by giving excellent examples of his own and the actual society in general, but he missed a lot of commas that made the reader go too fast through the essay.