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subliminal ads

Submitted on April 10th, 2008 by Anonymous

rather than subliminal ads I am more interested in the "in kind" political ads buried in shows such as "law and Order SVU", which has become a flagrantly left wing bit of tripe. Last Tuesday there was a show about abduction and torture, at the beginning of the show, my wife predicted "I'll bet the torture is going to be "water boarding", and, sure enough, it was. Every week some leftist anti-Bush, anti GOP of Anti-American "talking point" gets buried into the script. Hollywood's illegal "in kind" campaign contributions are never examined. Why?

Ummm...Duh!

Submitted on March 17th, 2008 by rudmer90

Okay, this is just ridiculous, imho. So some video editor with an artistic flare decided to increase the contrast to make the video more dramatic and aesthetically pleasing, and Obama supporters (who, from everything I've heard and read, want the issue of race kept out of the election, which it should be) cry fowl because it makes his skin slightly darker? Sheesh! I bet you could easily find an example where an Obama add has made Hillary's skin appear slightly paler. Does that imply malicious intent? No, of course not.

The Myth of Subliminal Messaging

Submitted on March 9th, 2008 by Chuck_Johnson

The notion that individuals are the mindless automatons that can be programmed by watching too much television doesn't hold much weight.

Still, I suppose if enough people believe that you can deleteriously affect a candidate's image by tinkering with their skin color, it might be slightly true.

And yet, I find it interesting that you did not mention the doctored photos of Condi Rice in USA Today.

Of course I find it much more reprehensible that the mainstream media is doing this kind of shenanigans. I almost expect it from politicians.

Chuck Johnson is a student at Claremont McKenna College. Feel free to contact him.

Subliminal It Aint

Submitted on March 9th, 2008 by Anonymous

As has been posted by others. Subliminal messages have been shown to at best work very infrequently. There actually an excellent CIA study in the FOIA reading room that details a set of very well done research studies showing the effects were very weak and had an unacceptably high chance of causing a contrary reaction.

Oh, I don't know

Submitted on March 8th, 2008 by Joel

I think givemeabuck there's a lot more study pleasejustonedollar to be done before we really know ormaybetwoIwanttogetacoffee the effect of subliminal nowbarklikeadog advertising.

Subliminal advertising doesn't work

Submitted on March 8th, 2008 by Anonymous

There was a study a while back on movie viewers. Subliminal advertisments were placed throughout a movie supposedly prompting members to do certain tasks such as go to the bathroom, get more popcorn, ect.

The results basically said no one in the audience reacted positively to subliminal suggestion. Sublties can have an impact, but people still have to able to recognize them for what they are.

It can be frightening to think that politicians can change the way we think without us even being aware of it. However, brainwahing and mind control require things like total isolation and repetative assault on the mind for it to break. The facts are out though, and they say our subconcious is not influenced subliminal ads.

Re: Ads and the non-rational

Submitted on March 6th, 2008 by Ben

You're right, Mercy. Ads aren't arguments. And, I must say, Obama -- and Obama's fans -- have created some of the best propaganda in recent elections. Will.i.am may be lodged in our short-term cultural memory, but how could we forget this?

Any ads play with non rational factors...

Submitted on March 5th, 2008 by Mercyphotography

such as desire or in the case of recent politics: fear & paranoia.

Remenber the ad with the wolfs in 2004 or the Reagan one with the big scary ( soviet) bear, without mentioning the daisy cutter ad.
Ads play on subliminal messages.

Mercyphotography