Kotex Commercial: Ubykotex-Reality Check

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Hi everyone, I chose to watch a Kotex commercial on YouTube, which was called UbyKotex-Reality Check. It was a video of a woman that was making fun of the Kotex commercials. The commercial consists of women enjoying the product, and with this product the women do not feel any pain with their menstrual cycle. As most of us know, some women may have worse symptoms than others. The advertisement technique that was used is nonverbal/visual technique. What we hear in the video is bright colors, beautiful scenery, and people. There were many videos into one. Women were running, twirling, and running. All the women were beautiful with beautiful scenery, and looked beyond happy with their menstrual cycle. I feel that the commercials are not advertising

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