Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Week 8: BOC Subliminal Message


Subliminal Advertising is a form of advertising where the advertisers images and sounds influence the customer’s response without their being conscious of it. The most current example is Wendy’s logo where in the ruffles of the collar of the logo, although in different color, the word ‘mom’ spells out. The subliminal message becomes clearer once the whole logo is one color and you can clearly see the word mom in it. Not intentionally to see it that way the word’ mom’ makes Wendy’s say that their food has been compared to moms cooking. According to the founder the logo is supposed to be his daughter Wendy as a kid at the age of 8 but lately the logo makes Wendy look older.
Examples of this could be many different things and some are worst than others. Some examples of it may also be of food. In plain sight for food advertising may be a woman eating a hotdog or a large sandwich but the subliminal message may say something else or represent a complete different thing, like she’s eating a “hotdog” making it look sexual in other context.
There are many examples of subliminal messages and not all of them are sexual but they tend to be offensive in some way. There are different ways of telling the world another thing with out them noticing it unless one tries to find more than what it really is meant. Words alone can say a lot, especially in the way they are structured or the placement and order they are in.

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