Even though Facebook users are not paying monthly fee to Facebook for using it, Facebook are making profit out of personal data of the users that they are tracking and collecting. The article stated that Facebook made about $7 per…
The YouTube Effect
YouTube is a video sharing website that allows anyone to upload any kinds of videos to share with a wide range of audience all around the world. Anyone that signs up for an YouTube account can easily have access to…
Televisual Media as Vehicles of Cultural Expression in Korea
The image above is a poster of a Korean drama “Life is beautiful.” This drama was broadcasted in 2010. I remembered that I was surprised about one of the topics of the drama. It dealt with a topic of…
Hilton is back for Carl’s Jr. commercial
Advertisement is one of the forms of marketing for sellers to sell their products to the customers. Advertisement encourages, and persuades customers to buy their products. Nowadays, there are a lot of brands and companies who are using sexual aspects…
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
What do you think: Would an advertisement be more effective if it were hyperritualized, or hyperreal? We know of the inevitability of advertisers to disguise the truth. Besides, that’s what the advertising industry is – devious persuasion. According to Erving Goffman,…