What will life be like in 2020?

In 2020 life will revolve around technology more than ever. More students will be attending different educational facilities online. Also, most forms of entertainment that come through paper forms will be viewed via the internet. Another change will be that people will be able to order their groceries online or using their cell phone or ipod. There is already a TV that exists which allows people to click on and purchase clothing, food, etc. from TV shows, movies, and commercials. No one will pay bills with cash or checks. Everyone will use credit cards and debit cards.

Prime Time

I chose to write about "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" because it is my all time favorite prime time TV show. In the cast there are three women and five men. Stephanie March (Cabot) is 35 years old, B. D. Wong (Huang) is 49 years old, Dann Florek (Cragen) is 60 years old, Christopher Meloni (Stabler) is 49 years old, Mariska Hargitay (Benson) is 46 years old, Ice-T (Tutuola) is 52 years old, Tamara Tunie (Warner) is 51 years old, and Richard Belzer (Munch) is 65 years old. To answer the next question, all of the cast is over the age 40, except Stephanie March. However, none of the actors or actresses are overweight.

The leading role in this show is shared by Benson and Stabler. They both play detectives in the show. The women are dressed in suits and look very professional and career oriented. In each episode the women are sought out by the men for advice and answers to questions pertaining to the open cases being worked on. The only time Benson is made to look weak is during interrogations when the suspect is a man that sees women as being worthless and beneath him.

None of the women are homosexual but Warner is African-American. The intended audience is men and women that are between 30-40 who like to sit back and enjoy some entertaining television after a long day's work. This is the target audience because it gives the mentioned men and women an opportunity to help the characters on TV solve their cases at their own pace. It's a funny chance to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Yes, I think this show accurately portrays women because it shows that women are independant and capable of keeping up with the men. Women can have careers and solve cases just as easily as men and the show does a great job portraying this.

Deconstruction Ad

As a child, Cookie Crisp cereal was always my favorite cereal but my mom didn't get it very often because she usually bought us Cheerios. But whenever she did buy it for us we'd eat up the entire box in one sitting. However, this may have had something to do with there being eight children in my family. Mainly, I liked Cookie Crisp because it was like eating cookies with milk without having to dip the cookies in the milk and leave crumbs in the milk. Because after eating the cookies I'd be thirsty for my milk but I was never able to drink it because it had cookie crumbs in it. Cookie Crisp was the solution to my problem.
I chose this ad as my deconstruction ad because it brings back memories. It reminds me of when I used to wake up on a Saturday morning only to discover that most of my siblings were already up and brushing their teeth. Then we'd all race to the kitchen and fight over who would get which cereal. After fighting for dear life over the Cookie Crisp I'd make my bowl of cereal and all of my siblings' bowls. Then we'd gather around the dining room table and turn on our Saturday cartoons.
ASSOCIATION: Children feel like the commercial is about them individually because all children love cookies and think Cookie Crisp is neat because it allows you to eat cookies for breakfast.
PLAIN FOLKS: The children in the commercial look like regular kids you might see at school or on the playground. An ordinary child wouldn't feel like there was anything special about the children in the ad. Also, the house is very plain and inexpensive looking. Children in real life would feel like they can relate to the kids in the ad on different levels.

Question 13 from Super Bowl Assignment

The Super Bowl allows this type of advertising because so many people are tuned in during the game. The TV station owners probably receive a bonus if their sells go up during and after the Super Bowl. Also, because these companies are usually willing to pay top dollar for the commercial slots. The Super Bowl doesn't care about America's health future. They just want to bring in boat loads of money