Question

Find three different examples of media messages, one for each of the following type of drug: Medicine, alcoholic beverage, and tobacco.
For each piece of media you find:
*Describe the media message, including its type, where you found it, and what it is showing and saying.
*Identify any healthy or unhealthy stereotypes the message is promoting.
*Evaluate the effect you think the message would have on the average consumer.

Answer 1

• I found a advertisement online of an bored guy sitting at the office, he drinks Coca-cola and suddenly he's at a party, but when he stops drinking Coca-cola he's back at his office desk. So Coca-cola is trying to sell the product by saying your day will be better when you drink Coca-cola soda.
• It shows that drinking Coca-cola for pleasureis a good thing, but if your happiness comes from a sugery soft drink, your good times will eventually turn into bad times and burn a hole in your pocket book when you have to go to the dentist to fix your teeth.
• I think that the effect the message would have on the average cosumer is that you can drink and have a good time, and your day will be better with Coca-cola, and since a lotof people like soft drinks, and Coca-cola, whenever they go for a drink they'll reach for Coca-cola.