Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Class Notes on February 29th - "Just Do It" by Heather Lindsley

ENGL1102 Notes

2/29/2012

Discussion of “Just Do It” by Heather Lindsley

· Topics from the blog

o Duality

§ Likes Tom but hates Tom

§ Hates fries but forced to like them

o Monopolies

§ Prices up, quality down

§ Can choose quantity

§ Health Problem

o Supreme Court/Government

§ Can be manipulated by corporations

o Metaphor/Allegory of current advertising tactics

o Free Will

§ In any world would a mother shoot their child with a dart gun?

§ People can’t be accountable for their actions

· Questions in class

o What is being critiqued?

§ Capitalism?

· Consumer culture

· Corporations don’t care about repercussions, just profit

§ Chemistry? Science in general?

· Manipulated by companies

· Not always objective

· Unregulated

o Is the exaggeration useful or too much?

o Is the humor/silliness effective?

o Who is allowed to be targeted by the advertising?

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