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Television media has changed over the decades since it began in the early part of the 1900s. For my research assignment I am going to observer commercial ads from several different decades in America and compare them to the ads that are shown today. I will also compare the different types of rhetoric used in the different time periods to what is the most effective today.
The sources I will use for this assignment will be mainly the commercials that I will obtain from the internet, preferably Youtube.com. To make a rhetorical analysis of the commercials, I will need the class English book as well. Other background information will be needed as well to explain what was going on in America at the time of the commercial. For example, a commercial set in the 1980s would need background on the Cold War.
I believe this topic is pretty straight up and not complicated. One of the difficulties will be analyzing each commercial, and finding true differences in them that reflect what was going in politically in the nation at the time. It is a lot that all ties in together. The background information will not be difficult to find, but those vintage commercials could pose a problem as they have become more and more rare with each passing decade.
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I think this is a really interesting idea. It shouldn't be too hard to write about. But i think maybe you should specify what type of commercial yours going to analyze because it may be difficult to analyze all types of commercials. It also may be kind of difficult to find some commercials. But good luck and I'm excited to see what you come up with, I think it'll be a great paper!!
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