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9.19.2011

Holy Pathos, Batman!

These are just a few of many advertisements, campaigns, and PSAs that primarily use pathos (emotional appeals) to make their arguments. Or at least to make you take notice of their arguments. Feel free to link/embed any other similarly emotionally-charged videos that you find on your blog.

Some are powerful and effective, others are way over-the-top and basically rely on emotional warfare to make their point. Please be warned of the content if you are sensitive to any of these topics. The animated anti-bullying video is especially sensitive as it involves the hard issue of suicide as related to bullying.


Anti-bullying

Anti-bullying animation/poem

Mom Prison

Pfizer "More Than Drugs"

Kids see, kids do


Sad Monkeys Environmental Ad

Seatbelt

3 comments:

  1. Wow, the Mom in Jail one is ridiculous.

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  2. I really want the soundtrack to the last one with the seat belt.

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  3. Hey, I found this while not adding to my draft (I'll get plenty done, promise), and thought of our lesson from three months back. It's an advertisement for pathos arguments!

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