Module 2, Discussion 4, Chapter 4: Advertising Claims

Watch TV, or search the internet for advertising claims you think are misleading or false. Watch for unqualified authority claims, or hasty generalizations. Also watch for stereotyping, vagueness, ambiguity, euphemisms and dysphemisms. Discuss what you found and why you think the ad is misleading or false. Then tell us how we can protect ourselves from such persuasion. Write a post and respond to two classmates.