Tuesday, January 31, 2012

SWA #5


  • This ad was first featured in Ladies Home Journal.
  • The typical topic covered in this are any subject that involves women.  This includes interior design, food, beauty and fashion advice, and marriage advice.
  • The demographics of its prospective audience is women that are old enough to have children and a family.
  • There are many products advertised here and they encompass a wide variety of items.  Some are food products, some include feminine products, or they can be items for home decor.
  • Based on these answers it is clear that the publisher is interested in talking about things that interest women.  They assume that women value family and home life.

  • This advertisement was featured in Sports Illustrated.
  • The typical topics that are covered are whatever is going on in the world of sports.  They try to cover the most important stories in professional or collegiate sports.
  • The demographics of the audience is mostly men, but there are probably a few women readers.
  • The other products advertised here include beer, cigarettes, razors and shaving cream, and other products men use regularly.
  • They publisher assumes that because it is a magazine about sports it is mainly men reading, and they value products that deal with being a man.


1 comment:

  1. This is a really interesting contrast! It seems like Dr. Pepper is using techniques traditionally used by beer advertisements to now appeal to men.

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