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Reading Summary: During the Radiolab podcast a narrator, Jesse Thorn, talks about this comedy skit where Kristen Schaal dances like a horse and Kurt Braunohler sings like a crazy person. They go on for a very long time and the crowd initially finds it funny then doesn’t then finds it funny again. The idea wasContinue reading ““On Repeat” segment of Radiolab – Jacob Nicholson”

In this article, the author presents many examples of how advertisements contain hidden meanings. One of these examples is the way peach products are marketed to consumers. The author points out that in ads for peach perfume, peach wine, and lipstick, the ads all include hidden meanings of sexuality and scandal. The language and visualsContinue reading “Persuasive signs: The semiotics of advertising”

READING SUMMARY This podcast discusses two stories, both involving things “on repeat.” The first story is about a comedy skit put on by Kurt Braunohler and Kristen Shaal. Kurt sang an obnoxious and loud song about a horse as Kristen danced. The audience laughed, but then Kurt and Kristen kept repeating the song and dance.Continue reading ““On Repeat” – Monday”

Reading Summary The first part of the podcast looks at a segment where two comedians engage in a ridiculous performance. They sing this song that is repetitive and very much toilet humor, but those in the audience enjoy it at first. As they continue in the song, the audience gets less and less amused withContinue reading “On Repeat”

Summary     This podcast discussed how transsexual men and women must adapt to how to love after their transitions.  It centers around the difficulty of navigating love from the male perspective after growing up female and transitioning into the male gender.  The men explained that it was challenging to find a woman to date whoContinue reading “The View From the Other Half”

Summary This audio addresses the issues of a trans man adjusting to new social expectations of being a male. The beginning problem of a trans-male is the interactions of their new male persona with straight females and how to approach them in an attractive way. The moment described in the recording between females in aContinue reading “View From The Other Half”

Reading Summary Kristen Schall and Kurt Braunohler do a comedy bit where Kurt say’s “Oh Kristen Schall is a horse, Kristen Shall is a horse, look at her dance, oh look at her dance, oh look at her dance like a horse” as Kristen dances like she is riding a horse. They continue to doContinue reading “Blog post #6 for Monday’s reading on March 2, 2020”

Beasely, R. & Danesi, M. (2002). Excerpts from Persuasive sign: The semiotics of advertising. TLEARN, 17 pages. Next week come to all classes, present on your MWF class

Vance Packard (1957) “The built-in sexual overtone,” “Back to the breast and beyond,” and “Babes in consumerland” in The Hidden Persuaders. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. No blog post next week, only presentations of your print projects

Reading Summary The paper starts off with an example of an ad for Marilyn Peach, which uses a technique called “connotative chaining”. The paper reveals that this chaining is what causes ads to be effective. The paper then goes into another example of connotative chaining which correlates colors and signs of a cologne bottle toContinue reading “Persuasive Sign”