Archive for March, 2010
A commercial that I have grown to love is certainly using some forms of orientalism in order to sell an idea about their product. The Dos Equis commercials have a new spokesman. He is, “The most interesting man in the world”. The advertising claims that this interesting man who is of some hispanic origin rarely [ READ MORE ]
Thinking about branding and what Holland discussed was insightful in making me think about the importance American society places on brands and logos. As I thought about the different brands that people can identify with I tried to think of what brands were the most influential to our society and as I was watching ESPN [ READ MORE ]
One of the biggest rappers in the last few years is Lil’ Wayne. I wanted to see if any of his lyrics had anything to do with misogynistic undertones in the song and it only took a few seconds for his song “Wasted” to use sexist remarks toward women that places them in a lower [ READ MORE ]
I watched all of Bell Hooks’ videos and even took a look at her other videos on youtube. What I got from her commentary reminded me of the kinds of things I am reading in Hypertext. I just read a section from a book by Lawrence Lessig on the ways in which creativity of new [ READ MORE ]
After taking a look at my peers blog posts, I thought that Katrina’s post about the gum wrappers being used as an artistic creation was a great use of visible rhetoric. It was also a great way of looking at something for more than it may appear at first glance. As I commented on her [ READ MORE ]
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