Friday, 29 September 2023

Super Bowl commercial break 2023: representational analysis

If you know who she is and what this is referencing, then you are probably middle-aged. Advertisements will typically target an extremely specific target audience, and numerous secondary audiences. imply making an advert for 'anyone and everyone' will never be as effective as targeted advertising!


  1. Name of brand being advertised: 
  2. Celebrities advertising brand:
  3. Key representations in advertisement (for example white people, middle aged white men, the working class, Americans, America, Boston...):
  4. How are each of these representations constructed through media language? Screencap three key images and analyse media language using the technical analysis toolkit
  5. What messages and values about the represented group are constructed through the media language?
  6. What cultural assumptions does this advert make? What knowledge and understanding are you required to have to understand this advert?
  7. What is the dominant ideological perspective of this advert? What is its message, its moral?
  8. What impact does this advert have on American society? What ideological perspectives are inculcated? How does this advert impact white, working class American people?