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Taxing Pop?

That commercial is disgusting.

While drinking pop does make you fatter. They aren't going to get people to listen to their message by using lame scare tactics. The majority of that ad is some guy looking like he enjoyed drinking fat. People watching the ad are more likely to change the channel than watch the rest of the commercial. So, they'd be better of just doing a normal commercial.

But more on the actual topic. Taxing pop is only a temporary solution because it will only turn people off of pop for a while. But after a while, people will start drinking it again. It seems a more effective way to inform people is to make some sign on the can, at least people will take the time to look at the can before they drink it. So basically, the ad was ineffective.

Photo Manipulation in the Media

Some of these examples of using photoshop in the media are really ludicrous.

The first picture on the blog entry actually tricked me. I thought it was real for a second. But if you do look closely enough, you can tell that it's been tampered with. You can see how unrealistic it is, but without the original photo, most people would be duped. I also thought that the Jessica Simpson picture looked realistic. This does show photoshop's powers of image editing.

The sad thing is that the media tricks people into believing this lie. But the models who are actually doing something about it are the bravest. Some models are refusing to be photoshopped and are even modeling without makeup. At least something is being done and someone cares about the effect that they were having.

The Changing Face of Video Games

Video games have evolved into many things.

Some modern games now help you get physically active while others aren't as active. But then again, there are games that unite people around the world. So instead of being a shut in, you can now play with your friends. This proves that video games are beneficial for you in cases. For example, you would have to work as a team to complete mission objectives or defeat a boss, but now, you can do it without having friends over. Internet connectivity has help evolved games to the point where every user is connected to each other. You can even talk real time with voice chat, but some people still prefer to send messages.

But then again, there have been incidents that have shown where video games have been detrimental. Many peoples lives have ended because of some video games. For example, someone was killed because two teenagers decided to have a street race;. Another case could be how a police officer was killed on duty because a teenager was inspired by games. This does show that children are very influenced if they play games. But there are warnings. We have the ESRB in North America, while Japan has CERO.
So there isn't any reason why those cases should of happened. But then again, kids get their parents to buy games inappropriate for their kids. So this is the reason some kids are influenced.

So basically, when you become a parent, pay attention to the ratings system in your location. While video games have bad points,they have good points like providing contact with other people online.

Well, I guess video games are both good and bad.

Social Awareness Contradiction

I think that the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a good way to send out the message that everyone is beautiful in their own way. There are no bad points to it and every effect it has is for the better of the people the campaign is targeting.

I personally enjoy the Axe Effect Campaign. I say it is funny but also an effective campaign. I say this because I myself have fallen for this ploy because I use Axe products. So if anything, this campaign is just as successful as the Dove Campaign because they both got what they wanted done.

I think a parent company doesn't need to have all its controlled companies preaching the same message. If anything, the company would be focussing on making money in any way it can because that is what marketing is. So different marketing ploys could be used for different branches of a parent's child companies.

Ads of the Past

If these ads were implemented into media today, most of them they wouldn't be effective because some of these ads are pretty ridiculous.

The ad about ingesting sanitized tape worms is just absurd. Tape worms, regardless if they are sanitized or not, should never be intentionally ingested. Anyone willing to do this now to lose a few pounds is very idiotic. The ad also mentions no baths and no excercising as an added bonus to eating a tape worm. But back then, most people were looking for a quick fix for being overweight. So this ad would be effective then, but not now.

The Tipalet cigarette ad is next. In this day and age, some people cannot stand the smell of smoke when passing by someone smoking. So I can hardly believe anyone today would actually take in a breath of smoke from someone willingly today. But back when this ad was being used, people did not know the consequences of smoking and people thought it was cool to smoke. So this wouldn't be effective today either.

People eating lard? Well, some chefs use lard in substitute for butter or other things along the line of that. Also, lard is known to have nutrients beneficial to our systems, so maybe this ad might work. But the premise of it seems very odd. In case you were wondering, lard is pig fat. But remember, lard has both good and bad sides to it.

A doctor smoking a cigarette? Preposterous. We know what would happen today if we smoked. If anything, a doctor should be mad that a cigarette company asked to use his or her image in an ad for a product that has dangerous side effects. An ineffective ad for today. Even more ineffective than the Tipalet cigarette because a doctor is the one endorsing it.

Google Street View

In my opinion, this technology is a very good idea. The people who came up with this are very intelligent. What Google Street View does is gives you a 360 degree angle of the area you are searching up. This kind of technology is good for people who have trouble memorizing intersections but have no trouble at all memorizing landmarks, buildings, among other things in the area, like myself. It is also good for showing people what they are looking for. For example, someone could be looking for a restaurant and Google Street View could show you the exterior of the restaurant so you would know what you are looking for.

In terms of the privacy issues, while Google is violating some issues of privacy, they have counteracted it. They have done so by blurring out faces and license plates. But still, people are complaining because they just happened to be in the area when the Google Van happened to also be there taking the pictures for this project. Google can't do this whole process again just because someone is whining because they were caught in a random picture. Google wouldn't have the power to keep everyone inside their houses while doing the whole picture capturing process again.

In the end, we now know that Google Street View is a good tool to help someone who is lost and is bad at memorizing intersections. It gives you a 360 degree angle of the place you are looking up. While it is a good tool, Google Street view has compromised the privacy of the people and angered them. All because they have happened to be captured while the cool Google Van was out getting the pictures and putting them together for this project.

So in the end, I think Google did something really helpful in the world, and people should stop whining about every single thing.