Public Service Announcement Analysis

This Public Service Announcement (PSA) from Montana meth project, shows a picture of a girl on a lawn, with a random guy on top of her, all alone, with a transparent look on her face as if she is out of this world. On top of the PSA is the text “15 bucks for sex isn’t normal. But on meth it is.” This text is obvious of what meth does to you. On the far right is a white box with the text reading: “meth not even once.” The thesis for this PSA is: reducing meth use. The purpose of the PSA is to reduce meth use by convincing its audience not to try meth at all. The intended audience for this advertisement is any potential meth consumers, especially teenagers. The text on the top of the PSA is something that will grab anyone’s attention. The way the PSA portrays the woman/teenage girl, makes it evident that she is unaware of what is happening to her. All she is concerned with is getting some money to get more meth. The teenage girl is withdrawn from the situation; her hair is all over the place and a random guy is on top of her. There is no emotion on her face what so ever. The male on …show more content…
The very first-time someone uses meth; they may feel some type of pleasure, but what they don’t realize is the fact that it begins to destroy their lives. Meth restricts the skin’s blood flow and its healing process, resulting in graying skin, open sores, and acne (montannameth.org). Meth is very dangerous and highly addictive; it causes serious health conditions such as aggression, psychotic behavior, memory loss, damaged blood vessels, strokes, liver, kidney, and lung injury, insomnia, paranoia, and even tooth decay. Meth can cause involuntary muscle contractions and strange movements like facial tics (montanameth.org). Meth creates a dependence on one’s body that can only be relieved when taking more of the drug. Trying meth causes the consumer to lose their family, friends, goals, futures, aspirations, and their