Ideas Ideas

Project Ideas! I'm actually pretty excited about the ideas that Stephanie and I came up with today, I really hope it works well and that our Hypothosis Is proven right. Although with the message that I've been getting I really think It will work. To me, the most interesting part of this whole unit is the fact that Advertising uses familiarity to draw us in, and to buy their product. I never really realized how much advertising does affect me until I started learning about it in this class, I have been taking what I learn in class and applying it to my everyday life. I evaluate what I'm inclined to buy and The outcome is really interesting.
It only makes sense that I use this aspect in my project so that I can inform other people as well.
Last week I was babysitting for a family in fredericton and The mother started talking to me about how she doesn't let her children watch regular TV ( only dvd's with minimal advertising) her argument was that she didn't want her kids to be affected by all the advertising from the candy commercials and toys etc.. I found it really interesting because we have been talking about it in class and I was glad that I could talk and be informed about the subject. I curiously asked her wether or not the kids were still affected by advertising even though they don't watch regular TV shows and surprisingly she said yes, of course. The Kids pick up advertising from the kids at school, and from Church. They see what other kids eat at lunch etc... She claims that their is no escaping advertising no matter how hard she trys. I thought I would share that with you because It kinda relates what we are talking about in class, and It was really interesting to witness someone trying to ignore advertising and also inform others ( she had a whole speech about advertising for me) like the woman we watched in the video who also trys to inform about advertising but in a much different way. so anyway, Like I said I'm really excited to do the project and see if our ideas actually work. I really hope the placement of our booth affects the outcome as well. -Danielle