PHIL110 Central Texas College Luxury Beauty Skincare Package Paper
Goal: Create an advertisement that is full of fallacies intended to manipulate the audience.
Course Objective: CO 1&2
Description:
For the Full of Fallacies assignment, you will create an advertisement that is full of fallacies. You may find a list of fallacies under “What are some logical fallacies? in the Lesson, and also “Logical fallacy definitions: http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy/” The intention of the advertisement is to manipulate the audience using any number of logical fallacies. To complete the assignment, you will need to complete, Part I: Advertisement and Part II: Explanation.
Part I: Advertisement
The advertisement will include the following:
– State intended product or position (what are you selling).
– 30 seconds long (video or audio). I want to go the audio way, just prepare what I need to record.
– Does not need to have any visual elements (for audio).
– Use at least 2 logical fallacies intended on manipulating the audience (minimum).
Possible Formats: Audio (radio advertisement) or video (visual media advertisement).
Part II: Explanation
In addition to the advertisement, you will provide a brief explanation, after the advertisement, of why you chose specific logical fallacies and why they might be successful in manipulating the audience.
Multimedia:
– If you chose the video option, you can use Kaltura to record and submit your advertisement.
– If you chose the audio option, you can use Vocaroo or upload an MP3.
Consider the following:
– Have fun with this assignment and be creative!
– If you need an alternative format, please contact your instructor immediately.
– For grading expectations, please see the Fallacies rubric.