61-62
Times I've taken a position:
- I had to explain to my mom what I wanted for dinner.
- I had to explain to my friends what we were going to do this weekend.
- Describing the pros and cons of 2 types of guitars would best suit the type of music I would like to create.
- Explaining to my political science teacher why I thought a certain city council member was better suited for the job than the other.
- Why my response to the car mechanic was right and he was wrong.
How does it appeal to you?
It adheres to my opinion it states the importance of every child and their feelings outside and inside the womb. The #They Feel Pain supports people who have suffered through their live children being lost. These people most likely feel that the life of any child is valuable despite any reason the parents might have for an abortion.
How does it not appeal to you?
This advertisement appeals largely on a pathos/emotional basis. I may feel more inclined to accept it if I was given factual information or statistics to back up their opinion. How do they know the newly developing fetus feels pain? Is this statement, “it won’t hurt a bit” accurate when getting an abortion? I’ve done a lot of research, and read multiple scholarly articles by medical students on brain/nerve development in fetuses and the time frame legally accepted for abortion, because these questions and their possible accuracy does matter to me. But what we know is that the fetus does not at this point (4-10, or in some places 4-7 weeks after conception) have the nerve or brain development to be conscious. These two advertisements appeal on an emotional basis for a highly emotional topic, but allowing yourself to be so shocked at abortion without fully understanding the process and fetal development is deceiving. Abortion does hurt the mother, and it is not an easy decision. If you take the abortion pill rather than having a surgical abortion, which basically induces a miscarriage, mothers go through intense fevers, severe cramps, nausea, vomiting, heavy bleeding, etc. for several hours before feeling normal. Counseling is also provided through planned parenthood. Which brings me to my last point.
· The second ad contrast the baby to a piece of tissue.
· A pair of ominous looking scissors in the third
· A fetal child with a partially developed face
· Comparing the mother’s pain to the child’s pain, ”#theyfeelpain”
· “Excuse me America, this is a tissue” expresses a sassy, upset tone that communicates the maker’s strong opinion on this topic
· The words, “speak up” contained in the first ad
If I were to revise it for an audience supporting abortion I would put a statistic on the third ad explaining that we have no proof of when the baby is actually able to feel things and would change the hash tagged statement to say, “#care” to address the reasons that parents give for their decision. On the first and second ads I would take out the baby in both pictures. In the first I would change the picture to be of a man and woman’s hands, showing that they were in the decision together. In the second, I would put a picture of a crying woman, using tissues, and change the statement at the bottom to talk about how the negative emotions of an accidental pregnancy can be stopped by an abortion.
If I had to create it in a different medium, many things would change. If was to be presented orally instead of over the internet, I would exclude all of the word. This would allow for more verbal explanation and physical emphasis. I would include a more vivid picture in every circumstance to grab the attention of the audience and call them to recognize my point.
63-66 "Abortion in America." GeneLalor.com. Gene's Blog, 7 Mar. 2009.
Boyle, Patricia. "Excuse me America this is not a tissue..." Abortion in Advertising.
N.p., n.d. Web 5 Nov. 2015
Durp, Blair. "Stop Abortion just STOP IT." Abortion. Pintrest.com,
N.d. Web 5 Nov. 2015
No comments:
Post a Comment