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Analyze the effectiveness of these Political Television Advertisements
Show the ads and ask students to answer the following questions about each ad
- What explicit issues or values are communicated?
- What issues or values are not stated explicitly?
- Negative or positive: Is the ad primarily for a leader or party (a positive ad) or is it primarily against another leader or party (a negative ad).
- Is the ad effective and believable? Are you convinced? Why, or why not?
- Would you vote for this party?
Give each ad a score 1 – 4, least to highest effectiveness.
Tabulate total class score. Discuss
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