Speech Comm

[prof-cregg.livejournal.com]

201--2nd period
Speeches about the product that is love. Hit me.

*** *** *** *** ***

301--3rd period
Family
Filia is the familial appeal. Give me examples of how absolute strangers draw you in and can persuade you by pushing those buttons that trigger your need for intimate connection.

Comments

Re: 201

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You've all heard the saying, 'A diamond is forever'. What does that make you think of? Romance? An engagement? Love? Forget all that. It's the result of a decades long marketing campaign (http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond) that first got started in the 1930's to prop up a sagging diamond market.

Today there's a tremendous volume of diamonds on the market. But did you ever wonder about the origins of those diamonds? A portion of the diamonds on the market today can be called conflict or blood diamonds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_diamonds). They're diamonds that mined in a war zone and sold usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army's war efforts.

Some efforts have been made to stop the sale of blood diamonds but much more still needs to be done. Consider that when you think about spending two months salary to buy an engagement ring in a few years guys."


[ooc: The link I gave to the marketing campaign? Is a really, really interesting read.]