Download Consumer Culture

CONSUMER CULTURE
Are we being bought?
Website Link –
http://e4ac.edu.au/units/year-7s/index.html
WEEK 3 - WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BEING
PERSUASIVE…
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What’s the first word that comes to mind when I say
persuasive/advertising/consumerism.
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Write on your sticky note one word/idea.
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As a class divide the words into the following categories….
• catchy slogans
• persuasive phrases used
• figurative language techniques used (for example, hyperbole, alliteration and
repetition)
• appeals to emotions
• verbs and modality suggesting some benefits, but no firm guarantees (for
example, may, can, could and should).
WEEK 3 - WHY DO WE LOVE BRANDS SO MUCH?
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Play the Logo Game as a class.
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Logos- are one way for consumers to remember, and hopefully prefer, a product. It is a
technique that advertisers use to give a ‘face’ to a brand.
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Watch - Secrets of the Superbrands – Food
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgQPZV31cAU
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Take notes as you watch it about the secrets that Alex Riley uncovers as they watch an episode
devoted to food super brands.
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Create a mind map based on your notes about the power of brands and how advertisers
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Questions
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Why has Coca Cola become such a successful brand?
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Why is Irn-Bru so popular in Scotland?
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What difference does a label make?
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Why do companies want to recruit the teenage consumer so badly?
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What is meant by ‘brand personality’?
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How important is the reputation of a brand?
WEEK 4 - ADVERTISING TECHNIQUES
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TASK 1 - Stick in advertising Glossary worksheet - fill in first section, brand name
familiarity (including slogans)
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TASK 2 - What advertising techniques are used in the following adverts?
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Colgate Toothpaste - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULR68LTmbw
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48-hour detox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPW3yyvsHw
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Amazon kindle vs iPad - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFa4V10xS-o
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0wJaqB8-9U
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Fill in the worksheet - What & Who?
• What is being advertised?
• Who is the target audience?
• What advertising techniques are being used?
WEEK 4 - EMOTIVE LANGUAGE, SOUND &
IMAGES
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Emotive Language – Advertisers use language to appeal to our desire to obtain a bargain or to
present a product as being a breakthrough in technology.
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Infomercials in particular make heavy use of the language of appeal or emotive language.
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Language examples - ‘buy one, get one free’ or ‘order now and you will receive a bonus’, new,
free, fast.
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SHAMWOW - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJEKqI1e714
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Cover Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicZRXGXgO4&list=PLEC44BA08A6CB23DA
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Ipad – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiyIcz7wUH0
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TASK 1: Poster Advertisement – Look at the next page and fill in the worksheet
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How did the poster use the following techniques to get their message across? Gaze, angle,
social distance
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TASK 2: Fill in the Digital Advertising Glossary – ‘The language of appeal’, celebrity
endorsement, authority endorsement, bandwagon/status appeal, quality claims and beauty
appeal. Use examples from last week and this week.
WEEK 4 - CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
ADVERTISING & LIFESTYLE (SUPER BRANDS)
Watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5dZZBKTXQ
‘Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street;
fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.’ Coco Chanel
Watch - Secrets of the Superbrand – Fashion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd7lfcnlb9c – opening sequence & 35:31
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Answer the following questions…
1. What reaction do the children have to the shirt with the Nike symbol?
2. What kind of person do they associate with the Nike tick?
3. What kind of lifestyle is associated with the Nike tick?
4. How has this symbol become such a famous one in popular culture
ACTIVITY: Design a symbol that you would like on a shoe or clothing brand .
WEEK 5 - ONLINE MARKETING
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How has consumer habits changed due to Technology?
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Where do you see advertising on the Internet?
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Language with online advertising
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pop-ups – advertisements that pop up onto the screen
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QR codes (or quick response codes) – two-dimensional patterned codes that can be read by code
readers such as smartphones, allowing quick access to a brand’s website and recorded data
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going viral – a term that has emerged in relation to the way a message (including advertisements)
spreads over social media. What are some examples of ideas that have gone viral?
Ideas that have gone viral
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Gangham Style - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIQToVqDMb8
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Volkswagen Add - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0
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Queensland Job Advertisement - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI-rsong4xs
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Google Story – Google (which provides a search engine facility to millions of users per day) has been
labelled the most visited website on Earth. It does not charge people to use the service, yet it is one of the
most profitable companies in the world. So why is Google so successful?
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TASK: Use the Google search engine for three search topics that result in at least three sponsored ads
coming up. Write your answers in your book & fill in the worksheet.
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How do we know that these are paid advertisements?
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Where are the advertisements positioned in the search list?
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Did you already know about Google advertisements?
WEEK 5 - NEEDS VS WANTS
• Write down the last 5 things you purchased or were purchased for you by
your parents.
• Next to each item write down if they were a ‘NEED’ or ‘WANT’
• Watch Teenage Affluenza – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI
• If so many of our purchases are wants rather than needs and when we think
about it we know that we can live without these things, what compels us to
want so much?
• Are we being bought?
WEEK 5 - ETHICAL CONSUMERISM
• Where are the things that you buy come from?
• Who makes them?
• WATCH – Ethical Consumerism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq4TglVSUJM&feature=relmfu
• TASK: Write a definition for ethical consumerism and complete the
scenarios.
• Consumerism Definition: The belief that it is good for
people to spend a lot of money on goods and services and the actions
of people who spend a lot of money on goods and services.
WEEK 6 - FADS
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Fads - Once in a while someone has a great idea that becomes a fad. It can be a product
or craze or form of behaviour that is immensely popular for a short time.
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In advertising terms, this popularity is called the bandwagon effect: people doing certain
things because other people are doing them, regardless of their own beliefs, which they
may ignore or override. Once a product becomes popular more people tend to get on the
bandwagon and buy it too.
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What are some fads that you know about?
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Throughout history there have always been fads. However, while some fads have gone on
to become classics, others have just faded from popular culture. Anyone can have an idea
that becomes a fad, and fads sometimes make their creators quite wealthy.
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WEEK 6-8 - FAD ADVERTISEMENT ASSIGNMENT
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Watch SHAMWOW ad again.
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TASK: As a group create and develop a FAD campaign a product.
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Plan, Create Resources, Rehearse, Film
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DUE: Week 8
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Your advertisement will need to include….
• The name of the product
• A description & use of the product
• Benefits of the product
• Cost of the product