I think the impact of the youth vote was very large in this election. This year there are more students and therefore more potential student voters than ever before. I think that because times change, and the fact that students are generally more independent to begin with there votes are unpredictable and important. Students are also more easily influenced by the media such as SNL and campaign ads in general. So because students are abundant, that makes their vote as well as the media very important in this election.
I think that the global perception of our nation has changed as a result of this election. After all, it should- President elect Obama has made history, and hopefully the rest of the world will have even more respect for us.
I also hope that goes for the republican party as well. I think that this is a huge opportunity for the Democrats to show the republicans and all their supporters what they can do. The democrats have control of the House and Senate, so if we don't really improve things I think it could really hurt the democrats in elections to come. Of course I don't think that will happen. I think the Democrats will do a fine job, and hopefully sway the country to the liberal side.
There were not many blogs about the presidential election, they were all about the elections and the house and the senate. The only one that even mentioned Obama's name, said that many democratic candidates for the House benifited from Obama's victory. I think that is a good thing, and I am not surprised that it happened. Now I just hope that the democrats do not let this wonderful opportunity go to waste.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Propaganda Campaign Ads
John Mccain Ads:
1. I thought this was a brilliant ad. It used many techniques, but simply. It used testimonial, by haveing Obama praies his bewis. It used transfer, with Obama being the positive symbol, to make Mccain look gook. Finally, it uses bandwagon, by showing that Obama has the same opinions.
2. This ad used the plain follks technique. It said that Mccain supported the average working Joes. It also used mudslinging, with the attacks on Obama. The third technique it uses is contrast. It portrays the views of each candidate consecutively, positive for Mccain, and negative ofr obama.
3. This was definitely an attack ad. Along with mudslinging, it used transfer as well. It used the negative symbol of Biden to create a negative affect on Obama's campaign.
4. This was a positive ad. It used transfer, and glittering generalities, both were used on Mccain and Palin.
Obama Ads
1. This ad about education mainly used the transfer technique. Education was the popular symbol, and Obama portrayed it as important, and that he would improve it.
2. This ad was pure mudslinging. It was only meant to attack John Mccain.
3. The main technique used in this ad was plain folks. I thought it was meant to appeal to the voters, to tell them they were what this election is about, and to vote early.
4. This ad used a combination of a few different techniques. At first it classified as a card-stacking ad with the use of statistics, then it used the transfer technique by mentioning how bad unemployment was, then more mudslinging by attacking John Mccain.
I thought based on these ads I watched there was a lot of variety, which surprised me, because I mostly remember hearing attack ads, and being sick of it. That is usually typical of both parties, but I thought Obama was above that.
1. I thought this was a brilliant ad. It used many techniques, but simply. It used testimonial, by haveing Obama praies his bewis. It used transfer, with Obama being the positive symbol, to make Mccain look gook. Finally, it uses bandwagon, by showing that Obama has the same opinions.
2. This ad used the plain follks technique. It said that Mccain supported the average working Joes. It also used mudslinging, with the attacks on Obama. The third technique it uses is contrast. It portrays the views of each candidate consecutively, positive for Mccain, and negative ofr obama.
3. This was definitely an attack ad. Along with mudslinging, it used transfer as well. It used the negative symbol of Biden to create a negative affect on Obama's campaign.
4. This was a positive ad. It used transfer, and glittering generalities, both were used on Mccain and Palin.
Obama Ads
1. This ad about education mainly used the transfer technique. Education was the popular symbol, and Obama portrayed it as important, and that he would improve it.
2. This ad was pure mudslinging. It was only meant to attack John Mccain.
3. The main technique used in this ad was plain folks. I thought it was meant to appeal to the voters, to tell them they were what this election is about, and to vote early.
4. This ad used a combination of a few different techniques. At first it classified as a card-stacking ad with the use of statistics, then it used the transfer technique by mentioning how bad unemployment was, then more mudslinging by attacking John Mccain.
I thought based on these ads I watched there was a lot of variety, which surprised me, because I mostly remember hearing attack ads, and being sick of it. That is usually typical of both parties, but I thought Obama was above that.
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