Lamiah's question posted on 11/28/09, “Time concluded, ‘Ethics, often dismissed as a prissy Sunday School word, now is a new national debate’” (Larsen 22). Why, assuming we live in a rather “unethical” world, has unethical behavior progressed over the years? Is the problem, or part of it, that we believed good and honest behavior to be so “prissy” for so long and so we acted as “bad guys” to prove something? I am not referring to ethical behavior around the subjects of abortion, death penalty or adultery, but rather people’s choice to commit fraud, lie on a grand scale or purposely take advantage of others and/or incite them onto wrong-doing. The main question here is not how people should be punished for their actions, if at all, but why they committed those actions. Are we really worse now then we were ten years ago? Think of a current event where such behavior is apparent and relevant. How did the audience perceive the event? Does the reason it was done justify its means; for example, would a lie told by a presidential candidate be justified if its purpose was to win the election?
My response:
I agree with the quote mentioned in the beginning by Larsen, regarding the great impact the term "ethics" has made throughout the years. I also agree that over the years, humans have become increasingly "unethical" -- but only because we have been faced with more complex issues than the years before. The invisible scale that we measure the rights and wrongs of ethics on is still the same, but there are just a lot more things in between, is the way that I see it. Years ago, we did not even begin to fathom the question of hacking into a person's computer to steal a file or document for our own benefit. Today, it is a question that is often raised in our society. The game of ethics is still the same, but perhaps it is just played in a new way, with all these new additions to our lives, especially new forms of technology and communication that serve as tools for unethical behavior.
However, I do not think that we have thought that ethical behavior was "prissy" then, leaving it still to be "prissy" still today. I think that what is right will always be right, and there will be a reward for doing good things in the end, though it may be hard to believe at the moment, and as the saying goes, "what goes around, comes back around." In any case, whether it is a lie or it is the truth, I think the motive behind it all is the tipping point. A recent example would be the campaigns that we recently finished in class for the Communication Department Chair, in which Kelsey's group won. When we were voting, I couldn't help but think that the "honor system" in which we were voting was not the way to go about it. Not only was it because I questioned my very own colleagues, but more so because I was second guessing myself -- I wanted to check the box for my group so that we could win, so that our hard work could pay off -- all of these justifications came to mind, but I knew that the instant that these justifications came to my head, I was being unethical. I was thinking about cheating (though I knew I would not, in the end, cheat, I still had thoughts), and knew that it was wrong, but still, I pondered the thought of it. In this case, my reasons did not justify the act of cheating. On the other hand, if my aunt whom I had not seen for a very long time because she was ill, made a pie for Thanksgiving dinner especially for me because I love pie, but it turned out to be absolutely disgusting, what would I do? In this case, I would reason that, me acting as if the pie was delicious would not be unethical, although it clearly would be a lie in my head as well as in my taste buds. The fact that I can be able to fake that I appreciate someone else's hard work, in this situation, can justify my means for being "unethical," to an extent. The bottom line is, the motive behind my action or thought determines whether it is an ethical thing or not, and that is where the line is drawn.
Again, I wouldn't necessarily say that we are worse than we were ten years ago, but there are just so many more factors that tempt us to perhaps act more often upon doing "bad" things, solely because of the access to information we have now than we have ever had before. We tend to lie everyday, whether we know it or not. And maybe it has become such an innate thing, that we do not even notice that we fake a laugh or a smile just to satisfy the recipient. The way we ignore people, even by means of putting our noses into our mobile devices as we walk through campus to avoid professors and old roommates, show that unethical behavior is seen throughout the day, numerous times.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
relations
i feel so... so bad for him. and for her. if anyone ever spoke to me the way that he spoke to her... i would not be able to keep myself so composed as she did. and for that, i give her much "props" and much needed respect. but he... he does not give any respect but demands all of it for himself. let me tell you this- i will give that man all the respect i can give to a person, if he would match up to it. if he came to the point where respect was naturally overflowing from me (or her) to him, then there you have it, sir, all the respect that you've ever wanted.
and where i'm torn, is when i think about God. why does my dad not know God? why do i know God and why does my mom know God, but not my dad? there is a weight on my mother's shoulders because she knows she has to "put up" with my dad a lot of times just because he does not have the same values and beliefs as her... and for him to look at us church-goers and Jesus-lovers with a skeptical eye can put all the weight on a woman's shoulders, especially my mom's. of course she would like to share with her husband how her bible study went, how blessed the morning's service was, which scripture spoke to her that morning... but she can't. she bottles it up, reads in private, and does not share because her husband does not want to hear it.
so i have to rely on God that much more... that He may grant my mom even more patience and understanding, and that He may soften my dad's heart and give him an ear to listen.
a christian wife and an unbelieveing, uncooperative, unloving husband. at what point do the two separate? or are they stuck under the same roof for as long as they live, or until their only daughter moves out? or is it for financial reasons that they are still together? totally understandble. but how "secure" and "happy" and "content" can you be, no matter how financially secure or stable you are, when the man or woman you are tied with does not see eye-to-eye with you, does not show love to you, does not communicate with you?
i am interested in relationships.
why some work, why some don't.
why some work for a certain time, and then stop.
why relationships are the way they are, how they form, how they last, and how they end.
and where i'm torn, is when i think about God. why does my dad not know God? why do i know God and why does my mom know God, but not my dad? there is a weight on my mother's shoulders because she knows she has to "put up" with my dad a lot of times just because he does not have the same values and beliefs as her... and for him to look at us church-goers and Jesus-lovers with a skeptical eye can put all the weight on a woman's shoulders, especially my mom's. of course she would like to share with her husband how her bible study went, how blessed the morning's service was, which scripture spoke to her that morning... but she can't. she bottles it up, reads in private, and does not share because her husband does not want to hear it.
so i have to rely on God that much more... that He may grant my mom even more patience and understanding, and that He may soften my dad's heart and give him an ear to listen.
a christian wife and an unbelieveing, uncooperative, unloving husband. at what point do the two separate? or are they stuck under the same roof for as long as they live, or until their only daughter moves out? or is it for financial reasons that they are still together? totally understandble. but how "secure" and "happy" and "content" can you be, no matter how financially secure or stable you are, when the man or woman you are tied with does not see eye-to-eye with you, does not show love to you, does not communicate with you?
i am interested in relationships.
why some work, why some don't.
why some work for a certain time, and then stop.
why relationships are the way they are, how they form, how they last, and how they end.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
doors
today was eventful. i shed tears of... sadness and joy. i'm realizing that people i am attached to are soon leaving. relationships that i thought would/could take another step, are coming to a halt. change is coming, and i am super excited to see what the heck God has in store. i am excited, yet a bit in mourning because of the absence of beautiful smiles on Sunday morning.
that, and i am also going to declare... here on my lonely but lovely blog, that i am about to make the most out of my singleness. for as long as i'm single, i am about to accomplish some great things on my own under God's guidance, so that i can better equip my future husband, whom i am praying for now.
God, thank you for giving answers and for speaking to those who seek you earnestly. thank you, God, for being so patient with me.
they say, when one door shuts, another opens. in my case, i'd like to think that i am on a journey to discover all the doors in my life. i want to experience shutting and opening them as i move forward, focused on the prize that awaits me.
all i can say, is, "Ok, God." and follow. i'm in a bit of a mess right now. God, ease my heart... give me peace and understanding and j o y... help me want to seek... desperately. destroy me.
that, and i am also going to declare... here on my lonely but lovely blog, that i am about to make the most out of my singleness. for as long as i'm single, i am about to accomplish some great things on my own under God's guidance, so that i can better equip my future husband, whom i am praying for now.
God, thank you for giving answers and for speaking to those who seek you earnestly. thank you, God, for being so patient with me.
they say, when one door shuts, another opens. in my case, i'd like to think that i am on a journey to discover all the doors in my life. i want to experience shutting and opening them as i move forward, focused on the prize that awaits me.
all i can say, is, "Ok, God." and follow. i'm in a bit of a mess right now. God, ease my heart... give me peace and understanding and j o y... help me want to seek... desperately. destroy me.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
He doesn't need me
I'm just going to play off of that line i stated at the end of my previous post.... it's still resounding in my ear. maybe God's trying to reveal something to me. (funny how i have to type this all out... if i don't, i'm pretty sure i would have just been frustrated and cried my frustration to sleep).
i've heard it been said by Francis Chan, a pastor who is just soooo real. so loving. i can just feel it... through... the podcasts. haha. though i don't have a personal relationship with him, bless Francis Chan's heart for speaking to me even through these media outlets.
"God doesn't need me, but He wants me."
that statement alone, right now, is just so powerful. it makes me stop and just chew... chew a lot. so God... this God that i've been taught of, this God that i claim to have had a personal relationship with... yeah. i know it. i know just how GREAT and how powerful He is... really. no... wait.. no i don't. i only know how great He is to the extent of how my definition of "great" is, though He is, in fact incomprehendable.. so i cannot even fathom this greatness...
God is a God who is POWER. there is a whole history of His mighty works... almost unbelievable, but ask for faith, ask for His glory to be shown to you and ask for Him to break your HEART by revealing to you what He can do... and you will taste... just TASTE, like half of a sample of a taste, how powerful He is. i don't know the bible inside and out, but i do know a handful of stories that just amaze me. and i do believe it. i know it, because it is real to me.. it's real to me.... but i'm still struggling to swallow it all... well, at least that's the conclusion i'm coming to, because i can't seem to repent and fully lay my burdens at the foot of the cross.. which is what i should do, if the gospel is true for me.
and the gospel, the gospel to me, is this: that it has BEEN FINISHED. that it has been done when Christ died for me, when he was spat upon, when he suffered for me, when he DIED for MY sins... for the sins that this selfish, dirty, unworthy person have committed... this MAN WHO IS GOD DIED FOR ME. and why??? why would any crazy person do that? well, in this case, it's because he loved me. and he loves me. and he will always love me. aghhhhhh... and that's just soooo amazing... because you see, he died even before i was born.
so what else can i do but praise Him for the rest of my life until i get to see Him face-to-face after this short life on earth? and why the hell am i living like this, when i only get one life? i only get one life to live, one life to preachhhhhhhh the hell out of people.................. even my own family members...... why.. why...? wait... the first "why" is for, why am i not sharing this GOSPEL that i know, to them?.... and the second "why" is for, why don't they already know? why is it me that is sharing with them, and not them with me? why is it that i am someone who is aware of this, and they are people who are not? is it because i am chosen and they are not? does that mean my dad will be going to hell? or is it in my hands (though ultimately God working through me) to share the love of God to my dad? ah. confusion.
and someone once told me that confusion does NOT come from God.
so is this the evil one within me? .... actually, yeah. i can see that... that makes sense. i should be totally at peace if i have the peace of God. no questions, no confusion... because there should be none, if the Gospel of Christ is my life.
i totally went off a tangent or two here. i initially thought that i wanted to say more about God not needing me but wanting me.. but i guess it all ties together in the end.
so, this God.... God.. He wants me. and what kind of a person would do that? you have everything you could ever imagine. like, imagine yourself as a person who has everything: money, love, friends, joy, etc... well, i know this is not EVER going to be true, because you would be God if you had everything... but, in the most purest way, imagine yourself to be God (without any thought of wanting to be Him). see, you have everything. you have what you want, because.... you created it all. you even created these little extras called humans, who have failed you, though you made them. but since you ARE love, since you are soo good, you have the ability to love them so much that you want them.. you do not need them, heck no... but you want them...
that makes me feel good. it is such a good feeling to know that you are loved, and to feel it. i fail, too often, to BELIEVE what i say and what i hear. it touches me, sure, here and there i get some good points and a few tears, but when it CONVICTS me... that is when, i believe, and i hope, to become a different person. a woman who fears God. i know i'm on that track. but i also know it'll take time. because God is molding me right now, and i can feel it. it's just that i have to not allow Satan to continue poking at me. it's all good though- because God is on my side, He is in control of my life, and it's just up to me to just let go.... and let God..
i've heard it been said by Francis Chan, a pastor who is just soooo real. so loving. i can just feel it... through... the podcasts. haha. though i don't have a personal relationship with him, bless Francis Chan's heart for speaking to me even through these media outlets.
"God doesn't need me, but He wants me."
that statement alone, right now, is just so powerful. it makes me stop and just chew... chew a lot. so God... this God that i've been taught of, this God that i claim to have had a personal relationship with... yeah. i know it. i know just how GREAT and how powerful He is... really. no... wait.. no i don't. i only know how great He is to the extent of how my definition of "great" is, though He is, in fact incomprehendable.. so i cannot even fathom this greatness...
God is a God who is POWER. there is a whole history of His mighty works... almost unbelievable, but ask for faith, ask for His glory to be shown to you and ask for Him to break your HEART by revealing to you what He can do... and you will taste... just TASTE, like half of a sample of a taste, how powerful He is. i don't know the bible inside and out, but i do know a handful of stories that just amaze me. and i do believe it. i know it, because it is real to me.. it's real to me.... but i'm still struggling to swallow it all... well, at least that's the conclusion i'm coming to, because i can't seem to repent and fully lay my burdens at the foot of the cross.. which is what i should do, if the gospel is true for me.
and the gospel, the gospel to me, is this: that it has BEEN FINISHED. that it has been done when Christ died for me, when he was spat upon, when he suffered for me, when he DIED for MY sins... for the sins that this selfish, dirty, unworthy person have committed... this MAN WHO IS GOD DIED FOR ME. and why??? why would any crazy person do that? well, in this case, it's because he loved me. and he loves me. and he will always love me. aghhhhhh... and that's just soooo amazing... because you see, he died even before i was born.
so what else can i do but praise Him for the rest of my life until i get to see Him face-to-face after this short life on earth? and why the hell am i living like this, when i only get one life? i only get one life to live, one life to preachhhhhhhh the hell out of people.................. even my own family members...... why.. why...? wait... the first "why" is for, why am i not sharing this GOSPEL that i know, to them?.... and the second "why" is for, why don't they already know? why is it me that is sharing with them, and not them with me? why is it that i am someone who is aware of this, and they are people who are not? is it because i am chosen and they are not? does that mean my dad will be going to hell? or is it in my hands (though ultimately God working through me) to share the love of God to my dad? ah. confusion.
and someone once told me that confusion does NOT come from God.
so is this the evil one within me? .... actually, yeah. i can see that... that makes sense. i should be totally at peace if i have the peace of God. no questions, no confusion... because there should be none, if the Gospel of Christ is my life.
i totally went off a tangent or two here. i initially thought that i wanted to say more about God not needing me but wanting me.. but i guess it all ties together in the end.
so, this God.... God.. He wants me. and what kind of a person would do that? you have everything you could ever imagine. like, imagine yourself as a person who has everything: money, love, friends, joy, etc... well, i know this is not EVER going to be true, because you would be God if you had everything... but, in the most purest way, imagine yourself to be God (without any thought of wanting to be Him). see, you have everything. you have what you want, because.... you created it all. you even created these little extras called humans, who have failed you, though you made them. but since you ARE love, since you are soo good, you have the ability to love them so much that you want them.. you do not need them, heck no... but you want them...
that makes me feel good. it is such a good feeling to know that you are loved, and to feel it. i fail, too often, to BELIEVE what i say and what i hear. it touches me, sure, here and there i get some good points and a few tears, but when it CONVICTS me... that is when, i believe, and i hope, to become a different person. a woman who fears God. i know i'm on that track. but i also know it'll take time. because God is molding me right now, and i can feel it. it's just that i have to not allow Satan to continue poking at me. it's all good though- because God is on my side, He is in control of my life, and it's just up to me to just let go.... and let God..
but He wants me
What the heck is wrong with me? i know what i need to do, i know the problem, i know the solution, i'm well aware of it all... but why am i not following through...? the only answer i see is that, maybe, all of this just isn't as "BIG" to me... but i tell myself, "no. i DO know the extent of how important this all is. i DO know how "BIG" this is." yet, i do nothing. i sit and stare and ponder at how stupid and selfish i am for staying the same. i hate that i am just so freely allowing satan to grab foothold of me.. and even if it is just a pinky toe that he's gotten a hold of- that's all he needs to stop me from running to God.
excuses, excuses, excuses. they will always be there to comfort me, to make me feel like i'm okay to be where i'm at. but what is so frustrating is, that, i am almost 100% certain that i know the importance of the gospel. i've heard it been preached for the past... no wait... for.. my entire life. i even teach it. i tell others; i, to an extent, counsel others on this matter... i critique others. i judge. but i don't boast of my knowledge (because that in itself, for me, is very, very limited), but i can confidently say, "hey... yeah. i've heard it... i go to church." BUT to just say this, and to mutter this under my breath is what frustrates me even more. i frustrate myself.
i've said this for the past couple of weeks... and i know i have at least 2 people praying for me... but wow. i need Jesus back in my life, and i need Him to be more "real" to me than ever. gosh- and i know just how scary it is to be at the point where one becomes apathetic about their (non-extistent) relationship with Christ.
this, then, makes me question: do i even KNOW this Christ? if He is soooo great, if He "saved" me, and if He has "redeemed" me... why am i like this? why am i not compelled to go back to this savior that i (claim to) love?
there is so much effing pride within me. i hate my pride. or is it pride? what is it? what is in me that is just letting me be stagnant? laziness? maybe it's a bit of both.
i know what i need to do. i know what i want. but i don't feel the need to go get 'em. that's the dangerous point. but... i still have hope, i still have faith. and i praise God for that sooo much. His saving grace... my gosh. if it weren't for this hope and His love and this faith that He has allowed me to taste, then.... game over. i'd be done. i'd fail. but He just picks me up ever so slightly, ever so softly and ever so gently... He handles me so well. i am soo... unworthy. who the hell would want me in the midst of their righteousness, in their holy kingdom? He does not need me. He does not NEED you. He is all good in just Himself. wow... but see, the thing is.....
He wants me.
excuses, excuses, excuses. they will always be there to comfort me, to make me feel like i'm okay to be where i'm at. but what is so frustrating is, that, i am almost 100% certain that i know the importance of the gospel. i've heard it been preached for the past... no wait... for.. my entire life. i even teach it. i tell others; i, to an extent, counsel others on this matter... i critique others. i judge. but i don't boast of my knowledge (because that in itself, for me, is very, very limited), but i can confidently say, "hey... yeah. i've heard it... i go to church." BUT to just say this, and to mutter this under my breath is what frustrates me even more. i frustrate myself.
i've said this for the past couple of weeks... and i know i have at least 2 people praying for me... but wow. i need Jesus back in my life, and i need Him to be more "real" to me than ever. gosh- and i know just how scary it is to be at the point where one becomes apathetic about their (non-extistent) relationship with Christ.
this, then, makes me question: do i even KNOW this Christ? if He is soooo great, if He "saved" me, and if He has "redeemed" me... why am i like this? why am i not compelled to go back to this savior that i (claim to) love?
there is so much effing pride within me. i hate my pride. or is it pride? what is it? what is in me that is just letting me be stagnant? laziness? maybe it's a bit of both.
i know what i need to do. i know what i want. but i don't feel the need to go get 'em. that's the dangerous point. but... i still have hope, i still have faith. and i praise God for that sooo much. His saving grace... my gosh. if it weren't for this hope and His love and this faith that He has allowed me to taste, then.... game over. i'd be done. i'd fail. but He just picks me up ever so slightly, ever so softly and ever so gently... He handles me so well. i am soo... unworthy. who the hell would want me in the midst of their righteousness, in their holy kingdom? He does not need me. He does not NEED you. He is all good in just Himself. wow... but see, the thing is.....
He wants me.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
follow through
one of the most important techniques while playing tennis is to FOLLOW THROUGH on your swing... as it is with most other sports, i'm assuming (baseball- following through on your swing; football- following through on your throw).
but have you ever made a promise and never followed through on it? i think about the times i've said, "ok. i will devote x amount of hours to God this week in quiet time and prayer, at this time and this place." .....and i never do it. i do not follow through. the sad truth is, God is there when i make that promise (even if it's to myself) and there He is, at the end of the week, and i've basically just stood Him up. totally dissed Him, for lack of better words. and that just really tore me apart when i realized that...
how hurt would i be, if i were the one whose promise was unfulfilled due to someone's laziness?
but the best thing is.... man. God is just so good. He always loves us even though we stand Him up, lie to Him, break promises everyday... He always is faithful.
and when our burden gets heavy, He is there to lift it off our shoulders. we just need to seek Him and pray to Him, ask Him for His help and His mercy. God is totally able. that's just SO amazing, how, even though i might feel so burdened or hurt by someone or something, i can always just count on God to take those feelings of anger and hurt away.... but it'll only come if i seek His help and wisdom.
that's what i'm challenged to do today.
but have you ever made a promise and never followed through on it? i think about the times i've said, "ok. i will devote x amount of hours to God this week in quiet time and prayer, at this time and this place." .....and i never do it. i do not follow through. the sad truth is, God is there when i make that promise (even if it's to myself) and there He is, at the end of the week, and i've basically just stood Him up. totally dissed Him, for lack of better words. and that just really tore me apart when i realized that...
how hurt would i be, if i were the one whose promise was unfulfilled due to someone's laziness?
but the best thing is.... man. God is just so good. He always loves us even though we stand Him up, lie to Him, break promises everyday... He always is faithful.
and when our burden gets heavy, He is there to lift it off our shoulders. we just need to seek Him and pray to Him, ask Him for His help and His mercy. God is totally able. that's just SO amazing, how, even though i might feel so burdened or hurt by someone or something, i can always just count on God to take those feelings of anger and hurt away.... but it'll only come if i seek His help and wisdom.
that's what i'm challenged to do today.
Questions for Week 7
1. In the beginning of chapter 6, entitled, “The Psychology of Persuasion,” Woodward and Denton discuss three hypothetical constructs that serve as cognitive elements of persuasion: beliefs, attitudes, and values. A “belief” is defined as something we personally know to be true or false, “our convictions – even if others disagree” (page 133). However, the authors later mention that our ranking of beliefs change over time, giving the example of one’s view on abortion possibly changing after encountering a rape victim or becoming a parent. Do you think that knowledge gives us reason to believe? Or perhaps that personal experience or encounter cause one to believe? When talking about beliefs, I automatically think of words like, “religion,” “faith,” and “God.” Does more knowledge necessarily cause one to believe more or less in something? Or does it go beyond facts and figures, and perhaps “blind faith,” as some religious people may label it, to fully have belief in something?
2. The stimulus-response theory is described on page 139 by offering a behavioral model for persuasion. Woodward and Denton explain that, “the most famous example of this theory is Pavlov’s dog: each time the dog received food, a bell would ring. Soon, the sound of the bell alone was sufficient to make the animal salivate.” Is it true to you that you only learn what is right and what is wrong by hearing from someone who states that it is or is not? When do you know that you have not experienced a “conditioned outcome?” When we are constantly told that we are “good, beautiful, or smart (page 139)” by someone, is this really the only means of how we “learn” what behavior is acceptable and what is not? Lastly, is there perhaps another means to knowing how we come about what we agree and disagree with, or does it only come through others' attitudes and behaviors that trigger us to think the same way?
3. It is true that most audiences are attracted to the rich and famous, and to advertisements with their favorite celebrity as a spokesperson. The series of examples Woodward and Denton give on page 140 of their book regarding the Michelob advertisements and the painting by Smith and the painting by Picasso all serve as solid statements as to why these ads and the concept of “conditioning” work. However, do you think these ads are effective in that they not only attract audiences, but follow through in producing consumers in the end? We can give a round of applause to the creative directors for coming up with catchy phrases and appealing images, but just how effective are they? Do they perhaps, detract us away from these products because of the need to feel “unique” and go against the grain instead of with the crowd? It seems like, especially in today’s world, that people are striving for a sense of individuality. Do these advertisements using the concept of conditioning appeal to you, or, do they seem like just another advertorial or advertisement trying to suck you in to their strategy?
2. The stimulus-response theory is described on page 139 by offering a behavioral model for persuasion. Woodward and Denton explain that, “the most famous example of this theory is Pavlov’s dog: each time the dog received food, a bell would ring. Soon, the sound of the bell alone was sufficient to make the animal salivate.” Is it true to you that you only learn what is right and what is wrong by hearing from someone who states that it is or is not? When do you know that you have not experienced a “conditioned outcome?” When we are constantly told that we are “good, beautiful, or smart (page 139)” by someone, is this really the only means of how we “learn” what behavior is acceptable and what is not? Lastly, is there perhaps another means to knowing how we come about what we agree and disagree with, or does it only come through others' attitudes and behaviors that trigger us to think the same way?
3. It is true that most audiences are attracted to the rich and famous, and to advertisements with their favorite celebrity as a spokesperson. The series of examples Woodward and Denton give on page 140 of their book regarding the Michelob advertisements and the painting by Smith and the painting by Picasso all serve as solid statements as to why these ads and the concept of “conditioning” work. However, do you think these ads are effective in that they not only attract audiences, but follow through in producing consumers in the end? We can give a round of applause to the creative directors for coming up with catchy phrases and appealing images, but just how effective are they? Do they perhaps, detract us away from these products because of the need to feel “unique” and go against the grain instead of with the crowd? It seems like, especially in today’s world, that people are striving for a sense of individuality. Do these advertisements using the concept of conditioning appeal to you, or, do they seem like just another advertorial or advertisement trying to suck you in to their strategy?
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