But seriously, we should analyze them. Those fliers are a staple of American political discourse. What do they actually say and do??
Saturday, June 9, 2012
I have an idea...
Why don't we save the political fliers that come to all of our houses in the mail? Starting now, and continuing until we see each other in the fall?
We can make a gigantic pile of them, take a photo, calculate the cost of producing-printing-mailing the stack, and then figure out 100 better ways to spend that money. Plant a tree somewhere to make amends.
But seriously, we should analyze them. Those fliers are a staple of American political discourse. What do they actually say and do??
But seriously, we should analyze them. Those fliers are a staple of American political discourse. What do they actually say and do??
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I learned an impressive statistic over the weekend at UC Santa Barbara. The statistic stated that the average person has to see an advertisement (poster, picture, text, etc.) an average of 6 times before they even read it. Based on this statistic these politicians would have to make an abundance of these fliers only to have a handful of their target audience actually read them. In response to your question "What do they actually say and do?" the advertisements have various information about their campaigns including why they are the better choice of a candidate. However, given the fact that people often do not read them, their advertisements are not doing much of anything except adding to an ever increasing amount of paper product waste.
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