Voting Doesn't Grow Old
The PSA "Knock The Vote" was made talking about the lack of young people voting and representing their generation. Every generation has their on thoughts and needs, and because of the lack of votes, the older generation is dominating what should be about everyones opinions.
My first initial reaction of the PSA was that I felt offended, I don't live in the United States neither can I vote, but I felt offended hat these people were about how lazy we are. But it is true that the votes are mostly the older generation, voicing on what they want. But then I thought about what the meaning of this ad is and it all started to make sense. All this criticism is meant to trigger the younger generation into becoming more proactive.
I feel like this ad will work because of the people that this ad is directed to is and will take it offensively. This PSA is very clever, because the younger generations are very good at rebelling. We are always trying to go against what we are urged to do, proving that we can do things our own ways and still have the task be accomplished. Telling the younger generation not to vote, will in turn make them want to vote.
This is the best way that I've seen, promoting young people to go and vote. Directly insulting and telling them to "prove me wrong" is genius. In my opinion, I believe that this PSA will bring an uprise from young people in the next elections,
I agree with Emmit and how this PSA was very clever in disguising its message. The main point of the video was to get more young Americans to vote, and it worked. They used a different technique (reverse psychology) to make their message more effective. They triggered the audience and provoked a reaction from them, encouraging the young Americans to try to prove the elderly wrong by voting.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the goal of the PSA was to encourage young people to vote, however, I worry that the harsh criticism may be off putting to some. While this may motivate a portion of its audience to get up, stop being lazy and vote it may further prove that our voices aren't heard or valued and therefore be another factor in stopping people from participating in the electoral process.
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ReplyDeleteJust as you said, I think that the way that Another Acronym disguised the message in this PSA is quite clever. By using strong, provocative language and highlighting the elderly's selfish desires, this PSA can really drive millennials to vote during Election Day. The fact that they claim that they were also the reason why Trump was elected should show millenials that they shouldn't fully entrust their country to the elderly. This PSA hopefully gave young people a new perspective to how important elections are and show them how one vote can really make a difference for a whole country.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with how you believe that the PSA was put into place to motivate young people to vote. Everyone's voice needs to be heard, as the individual being chosen for a certain position represents all. I hope that this PSA helped young people learn the importance of voting and helped them be aware of how not casting a vote affects them. As we can see young children are very keen in making sure that they are heard; we can see that their reactions are an example. The entire nation can be changed with a vote.
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