Many people have seen magazines advertisements, aimed at adolescent to middle-aged women, designed to appeal to women’s emotions, desires, and dreams. Advertisements often tend to be age, gender, class, or culture specific, or a combination of these focuses. A specific audience will not examine every insignificant feature of an advertisement. A quick and natural glance at the page is sufficient for the conventional viewer. So what exactly manipulates women’s subconsciousness, in our society today, to elicit positive responses that make them buy the advertised product? An analysis of two fragrance advertisements shows, as an example, how the design focuses on attracting women and their values of love and appeal in today’s society towa
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