Think about the last five movies/concerts you saw. How did you find out about them? (Poster? Word of mouth? Newspaper/Magazine advertisement? Facebook fan page? Emailed newsletter, etc.) Some individuals dismiss traditional public relations and advertising, but what’s your experience?
I think that when people see advertisements and public relation efforts it does not register with them. We are so accustom to those kinds of things that we do not think about the channel in which a message is delivered, we just think about the message itself. I think that the public is more involved in what is being discussed than what form it is being delivered in. I know that before I started taking this class I never really paid attention how a message was being conveyed or delivered. Now that I know the various methods of advertising and public relations I not only listen to the message, I think about the various methods that are being used to deliver the message.
The last concert I saw was Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour Concert last month. I heard about it from my friends and I also am a member of his fan page on Facebook. There were posters all over town and Georgia Southern Campus too. I also saw the new Fast Five Movie. I heard about this movie from my little brother. This movie had a lot of previews and advertisements on television too. Most movies that I have seen lately I have heard about them from various friends and family members. Occasionally I will read the box office reviews for movies to decide what I would like to see. Over all my experience with advertising and public relations is by word of mouth rather than actual print or television advertisements.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Luke-Bryan-Farm-Tour/121520427928926
http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/boxoffice/
The last movie that I watch was Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. I was aware about this movie by reading a Rolling Stone atricle. The review of Moneyball was 3.5 out of 4.0 stars and it’s gonna be a good competitor in the 2012 Oscars next year. Though I’m not a huge baseball fan, I still think that the movie was good because of the performances from the actors. Mostly, when it comes to movies, I always depend on reviews from critics from popular magazines because it will save me money on movies I do or do not watch.