commercialism
10.26.2015
Different Generation
introduction:
here's a typed interview about older generations and their commercial. i wanted to see how different it is compared to how they are advertised now. i decided to interview my mom, shelly brown who is 39 years old.
interview:
kylee: how is commercial advertising different from when you were younger?
shelly: we had a lot of pro cigarette commercials. a lot less of nudity, matter of fact, they weren't that many commercials with girls without much clothing. there were also a lot of kid toy commercials on every channel.
kylee: what advertisement from your generation do you remember best?
shelly: for me, mainly a lot of toys r us commercials.
kylee: what's your opinion on today's advertising?
shelly: you don't have to watch advertising because people these days skip them because some people record their tv shows and are able to fast forward through them. or another thing is they just flat out don't watch tv. it's very rare for me and my family to watch commercials on live tv.
kylee: how is today's advertising the same as when you were younger?
shelly: i see the same amount of cereal commercials, and they're the same type of cereal from when i was younger as well.
kylee: when you think of commercials, what comes to mind?
shelly: money for the people making it and people spending on it. also a lot of comedy.
kylee: what do you think of this commercial? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY0cdXr_1MA) what is the key thing that catches your eye?
shelly: it's not something i would listen to if i saw it after a tv show but since you showed it to me, i saw it as a judgmental commercial but it's very inspiring. judgmental because those people were talking bad about her in the letter, but inspiring because she kept going and dancing without caring what they said. she didn't give up just because of what people said. something that caught my eye was her calves and how well of a dancer she was.
kylee: what commercials would you like to see in the future?
shelly: more anti alcohol ad and more anti drug ads and how bad they are for you. but if i had to choose on would be more about the drug ads not so much alcohol because i feel like the way people abuse drugs should be more important to talk about and brought to people's attention.
conclusion:
i noticed that what ads she consumed were pretty similar to what i have grown up watching. i agree with a lot of her statements and thought this interview went by very smoothly. her response to the ad was very cool to see, i wanted to share a ton of ads with her and hear her opinions on them, but that would take a long time. all in all, i thought this interview was eye opening considering i thought her generation and advertisements would be totally different from mine.
here's a typed interview about older generations and their commercial. i wanted to see how different it is compared to how they are advertised now. i decided to interview my mom, shelly brown who is 39 years old.
interview:
kylee: how is commercial advertising different from when you were younger?
shelly: we had a lot of pro cigarette commercials. a lot less of nudity, matter of fact, they weren't that many commercials with girls without much clothing. there were also a lot of kid toy commercials on every channel.
kylee: what advertisement from your generation do you remember best?
shelly: for me, mainly a lot of toys r us commercials.
kylee: what's your opinion on today's advertising?
shelly: you don't have to watch advertising because people these days skip them because some people record their tv shows and are able to fast forward through them. or another thing is they just flat out don't watch tv. it's very rare for me and my family to watch commercials on live tv.
kylee: how is today's advertising the same as when you were younger?
shelly: i see the same amount of cereal commercials, and they're the same type of cereal from when i was younger as well.
kylee: when you think of commercials, what comes to mind?
shelly: money for the people making it and people spending on it. also a lot of comedy.
kylee: what do you think of this commercial? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY0cdXr_1MA) what is the key thing that catches your eye?
shelly: it's not something i would listen to if i saw it after a tv show but since you showed it to me, i saw it as a judgmental commercial but it's very inspiring. judgmental because those people were talking bad about her in the letter, but inspiring because she kept going and dancing without caring what they said. she didn't give up just because of what people said. something that caught my eye was her calves and how well of a dancer she was.
kylee: what commercials would you like to see in the future?
shelly: more anti alcohol ad and more anti drug ads and how bad they are for you. but if i had to choose on would be more about the drug ads not so much alcohol because i feel like the way people abuse drugs should be more important to talk about and brought to people's attention.
conclusion:
i noticed that what ads she consumed were pretty similar to what i have grown up watching. i agree with a lot of her statements and thought this interview went by very smoothly. her response to the ad was very cool to see, i wanted to share a ton of ads with her and hear her opinions on them, but that would take a long time. all in all, i thought this interview was eye opening considering i thought her generation and advertisements would be totally different from mine.