Tuesday, February 3, 2009

No Logos vs. Ohman

Both Klein and Ohman talk about the dangers that our culture may face if the way our society looks at the "brand names" and advertisements as the only way to go. At the same time, they also have different topics within the general topic that the two authors focus on. Ohman really focuses on the advertisement issues, while Klein focuses on issues such as buying the Brand name products.
Klein's ideas propose a solution of instead of buying the brand name products that might have been made by children in a sweat shop in a foreign country, buying the private label that was more than likely made in the U.S. This will not only eliminate the stage that the society has put itself into of buying the most expensive just because it was greatly advertised, but also it will help save a lot of jobs in the U.S.
Ohman's topics of the problems with advertising are very similar to Klein's as well. The advertising is one of the main reasons why people buy the "brand name" products instead of the private label products. This doesn't necessarily do a lot of good for the culture in itself.

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