Audience and Election Ads

Five election ads that illustrate issues of audience:

• Barack Obama "The Same."
• Mitt Romney, "100 Days in NC."
• Mitt Romney, "100 Days in Iowa."
• Mitt Romney, "A Better Day." 
• Barack Obama, "Facts."

Take note of how each ad addresses a specific audience and seeks to offer some form of "evidence" about why an Obama or Romney administration will be better for the country. How do the ads appeal to the values, emotions, and beliefs of a specific audience? What specific characteristics would you identify with that audience? How effectively do these ads address all three major components of argument (ethos, pathos, logos) defined by Aristotle?

Google Glasses

Videos and articles:

• Kashmir Hill article
• Google's Project Glass
• Parody: A New Way to Hurt Yourself
• Parody: Admented Reality
  

Class Discussion: TV Censorship

Videos on TV indecency rulings and TV ownership models:

• FCC's Indecency Rules: Outdated?
• What Role Should the FCC Play?
• Who Owns TV Programming?