What was your overall reaction to the commercials?
The same as the title of the YouTube video, "Virgin Mobile USA creepy TV commercials Tree & Closet," that is exactly what it was; it was a creepy video. I understand that the teenage girl is the chosen representative to promote the virgin mobile phone; however, the way she did it for both commercials was weird, and took me off guard. The whole setting, the way she sound, and I believe the concept of the commercial was not appealing as a customer to be persuaded to purchase the phone. I don't even know or understand what the concept of the video is emphasizing, other than advertising the phone. From my observation about the video, it was like there was a hidden message, based on the setting, …show more content…
Females are more susceptible to harm by being stalked, by a male. It is highly known that women are victims to stalking, but if we think about it, what about men. It would not be right to exclude one person over another, especially when it comes to something gender related. I found an interesting statement to think about written by Wigman (2009) about male victims of stalking, "when we consider that male victims have the added concern of public perception, it is little wonder that male victims feel that they will not be believed, or that they will be disparaged if they were to report their victimization to the authorities, particularly when the perpetrator is female." As we seen in the YouTube video, there is a male being stalked by a female, but he is unaware of being watched. Based on the statement I provided from Wigman's article, it shows how judgmental an individual(s) can be on account of stalking between a man and a woman. Men are able to defend themselves more from stalking, but when they want to report and take legal actions to stop from being stalked, that is a different story. They would be viewed as weak and viewed by other derogatory terms to demoralize them as a person who cannot handle situations on their own. A male victim of stalking would probably not receive
The same as the title of the YouTube video, "Virgin Mobile USA creepy TV commercials Tree & Closet," that is exactly what it was; it was a creepy video. I understand that the teenage girl is the chosen representative to promote the virgin mobile phone; however, the way she did it for both commercials was weird, and took me off guard. The whole setting, the way she sound, and I believe the concept of the commercial was not appealing as a customer to be persuaded to purchase the phone. I don't even know or understand what the concept of the video is emphasizing, other than advertising the phone. From my observation about the video, it was like there was a hidden message, based on the setting, …show more content…
Females are more susceptible to harm by being stalked, by a male. It is highly known that women are victims to stalking, but if we think about it, what about men. It would not be right to exclude one person over another, especially when it comes to something gender related. I found an interesting statement to think about written by Wigman (2009) about male victims of stalking, "when we consider that male victims have the added concern of public perception, it is little wonder that male victims feel that they will not be believed, or that they will be disparaged if they were to report their victimization to the authorities, particularly when the perpetrator is female." As we seen in the YouTube video, there is a male being stalked by a female, but he is unaware of being watched. Based on the statement I provided from Wigman's article, it shows how judgmental an individual(s) can be on account of stalking between a man and a woman. Men are able to defend themselves more from stalking, but when they want to report and take legal actions to stop from being stalked, that is a different story. They would be viewed as weak and viewed by other derogatory terms to demoralize them as a person who cannot handle situations on their own. A male victim of stalking would probably not receive