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Recognizing these three components of advertisements can help us better understand why
individual advertisements are constructed the way that they are and help us be more critical of, and
less susceptible to, their message. Now let us look at a few specific examples.
Automobiles
The Audience
Every car has its own intended market. How many 70-year-olds do you see driving Corvettes? Who
is the market for a Cadillac? For BMWs? For pickup trucks? Car makers are sophisticated in
targeting sexes, ages, and income groups in their advertisements.
The Message
The verbal message may involve such issues as value, gas mileage, dependability, safety,
performance, and prestige. The nonverbal messages may be far more potent and persuasive,
exploiting such motives as sex appeal, social status, power, envy, success, and confidence.
Backdrops of polo matches and mansions imply wealth; steelyards and factories imply durability;
and bright lights and tall buildings imply success. For Americans, especially males, the automobile
is almost an extension of one’s self. Cars convey an image of ourselves, as we would like others to
perceive u
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