Charity Adverts
What is the purpose of charity adverts? To get the audience to donate and help the charity, and establish a cause and get the audience to agree with an ideology. How do they work? They guilt trip the audience, making them feel as though hey must donate or they are awful people. What mode of address do they take? They use a lot of language that makes the audience feel sympathetic for the victims within the advert. Most of these adverts get seen by people who watch TV during the day, such as the elderly, so it must have the mode of address that targets that audience. What conventions do they demonstrate? They are usually narrated by a soft gentle voice, using direct address, such as "you can help by doing...". They also show lots of graphic content that can make one feel really sympathetic. How do they position the audience? They make the audience feel as though they are the ones responsible for saving the lives of the victims in the advert. NSPCC 'Open Your ...