Choice #3: Choose and write about 4 advertisements that would be featured on your Feed. Link these advertisements in your blog. Write a paragraph about each one.
Prior to answering this question, I wanted to get a better idea of what types of ads were featured on the characters’ feeds in the novel. I wasn’t sure if the advertisements were more individualized (based on each person’s interests) or generalized (based on what was popular/trends at the time). So, I went back and reread the “release” section (Pgs. 68-72) to get a better understanding. This was the part of the novel where the characters’ feed’s started working again after they were hacked (in the hospital). It seemed to me like it was a mixture of the two. The feed fed both generalized and individualized ads to the characters. Anyway, here’s four advertisements that I think would be featured on MY Feed based on both my personal interests and some trends of today’s society.
StubHub
This is a website where “fans buy and sell concert tickets, sports tickets, theater tickets and Broadway tickets.” I’m a huge sports fan, so I’m always looking for an opportunity to attend a football, basketball, or hockey game at a reasonable price. The same is true for concerts; I love them and am always interested in going to see someone if they are going to be near by and I can afford it. I think the “stubhub” advertisement would be featured on my Feed because my Feed would know that I’m always looking for the opportunity to buy tickets to an event. Any time that my Feed knew I was stressed, or something of that nature, my feed would likely throw this advertisement at me as a way to “get away, relax, and enjoy a nice night away from all your stress with some friends!”
Olive Garden
“Olive Garden: When you’re here you’re Family.” Olive Garden is definitely up there on my list of favorite places to eat. In fact, it happens to be one of my family’s favorite places to eat as well when we’re all together. We used to go there all the time when we were all younger and still lived at home together. I think my Feed would throw this advertisement at me as not only a good memory, but also as an idea at trying to get the family together for a trip to Olive Garden sometime soon! I’m sure that my Feed would be able to recognize and notice that, being the youngest, I do miss having the whole family together, since I got to experience this the least growing up because my brother and sister were moving out and going to college by the time I was in middle school. All of Olive Garden’s commercials emphasize the great times that are spent in their restaurants with family and friends. So, I definitely think that my Feed would throw the ad my way knowing how much I value the times when my family can all be together in one place.
Verizon
Finally, the iPhone is now available through Verizon’s network and to be completely honest, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since it happened. I can’t wait until my current plan runs out at the end of March so that I can finally get my hands on one. It seems like the best and most popular phone out there at the time and, having had my iPod stolen from me last semester, there couldn’t be a better time. All my friends seem to have one and I basically drool at the sight of them having access to music, the internet, and one of the newest features: face-time. I currently own a MacBook as well. So, if my Feed new that I was interested in Apple’s products already, I’m sure it would be sending me all sorts of advertisements relating to how I can get my hands on their newest products. Knowing how important my phone is right now and how excited I am that Verizon is finally offering the iPhone, I’m pretty sure my Feed would be featuring an ad similar the one above!
Scion
I have a feeling that my Feed would probably know a lot about my life in general as well, considering all the research I have done using it to get the products that I currently have, which brings me to my car. This past summer, after doing tons of searching, I purchased one of my dream cars, a Scion xB. Since then, I have been obsessed with the company and am always looking into what new products and accessories they are developing for their cars. Even though I’m not necessarily interested in buy a new car at this time, I think my feed would probably throw an ad similar to this one in my direction, based simply on my interests and previous purchases; which I’m sure would be incorporated in my feed as well (i.e. my bank account). My car is such an important aspect of my life. I’d be willing to bet that my Feed would be able to recognize this and, as a result, fill me in with the latest advertisements relating to it!
I really think your right about every single ad here! I see ads for these companies ALL the time already, and if you personally are seeing them and thinking about them, such as your iphone and dream car, they would DEFINITELY be showing up on your feed. I think it's interesting to see how you as a male are thinking about cars and phones and then in the book Titus was thinking about the same things!!!
ReplyDeleteApple ads as well as car ads are really popular in our world! Commercials are constantly flying across the television screen about Ipads, Iphones, and cars like Toyota, Ford, Nissan, etc. I think it's cool that you like to go to concerts and stuff. I love them too and that website looks pretty awesome! As for Olive Garden, their salad is yummy!
ReplyDeleteI really like that when you mentioned Olive Garden you discussed how the feed would throw the ad in as a good memory and maybe prompt you to try to get the family together. As for the Apple products, I'm noticing that it seems to be a trend throughout our whole class. Is Apple taking over? hah just kidding, but it is kind of funny to think that, if we really did have the feed, how many times do you think an ad from that company would pop up? haha
ReplyDeleteI like how you described that in a way, The Feed would tempt you to want to do certain things or experience certain events because of the stress in your life. It shows that the Feed would mostly influence every decision that you have. You would never just think to yourself to do something. Good way to express this fact that we would soon be dictated by the Feed.
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