1. February 19, 2015 PERSUASION and TARGET AUDIENCE Start the Day Right! Ho mework: Review your notes. Objective I can identify target audiences and evaluate how persuasive techniques in media seek to target certain audiences. W arm Up: Copy the date and objective into your notes. Think about the types of commercials that you see on different channels. How do commercials differ based on the channel that you are watching? Why are they different?

2. customer awareness when advertisers direct the right message to the right people http://www.placeplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/delight-consumer-with-mobile-advertising.png

3. target audience a specific population or group of people an advertiser hopes to persuade. http://sarahealy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/target-audience_illustratio.jpg

4. demographics the characteristics a group of people have in common. Advertisers study this data to research the interests, activities and spending habits of a target audience and then develop products, packaging and ads that are designed to appeal to that audience. http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/tif/images/exhibit1.gif

5. Turn to pg. 966 in your Literature book and read the paragraph entitled "How far will we go to improve ourselves?" Then discuss your thoughts in your groups.

6. public service announcement a non-commercial media or print advertisement that seeks to generate public awareness of a social issue, such as safety, health or education. They are informational and educational, but also persuasive - intended to bring about change in people's attitudes or behaviors.

7. So now turn to pg. 348 in your IR book. Start the Day Right! http://sourcefed.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/breakfast.jpg

8. persuasive technique logical appeals emotional appeals

9. logical appeals rely on facts and evidence to support a claim http://joannameriwether.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Brain-Rightside-Up.jpg

10. emotional appeals stir f eelings of an audience through loaded language http://joannameriwether.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Brain-Rightside-Up.jpg

11. What is a claim? is the support for it logical or emotional?

12. A PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES: What claim, or message, can you infer from this section of the script? Record your answer in the chart on pg. 348.

13. B PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES: Public service ads often show situations that most people can identify with. Reread the Video description on this page. Do you think this sequence will be effective with television viewers? Explain.

14. C PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES: Reread the Audio script on this page. Circle the statement that makes the logical appeal about nutrition, and underline the facts and evidence used to support the logical appeal.

15. D PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES: Underline the emotional appeals to persuade viewers used on the Video and Audio sections of the script.

16. PAUSE AND REFLECT: What specific group of people does the ad seek to persuade, and how do you know?

17. Quiz time! On your own sheet of paper, answer the quiz questions #1-6 on pg. 353 http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/44/44bd58c80c0208ef3f60af8e03b4a2ca38dfc20c00f5305113af634c53cb631d.jpg

18. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Vocabulary Unit 1 quiz

19. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Up From Slavery quiz