For some reason I get an error in the previous thread I created, so here's to hoping the second time works.
In any case, I'm not sure if this is the right subforum, but I had a
question about themes. I recently had to do a paper analyzing
tobacco ads from various magazines. I was to select several
themes that were prominent throughout most of those ads. I had
selected what I thought was 3 themes, however, my professor considers
them 5 themes. I was wondering if anyone else would agree with
the professor?
"After examining each ad, I came to several conclusions regarding their
portrayal: they displayed either sophisticated or homely traits (theme 1),
provoked an aura of mystery (theme 2), or issued a sense of glamour and
rebellion (theme 3)."
Could those 3 groupings be considered 3 different themes?
I also had an issue with her regarding the usage of homely. As
she describes it, homely denotes a negative connotation. However,
I had looked it up prior in the dictionary and was able to find an
alternate meaning of "simple" and "unpretentious." I even had an
argument about using down-to-earth with hyphens.
"It provides a more down-to-earth feeling and doesn’t selectively
outcast the reader according to their persona, much like the
sophisticated ads."
The paper was for my upper level Sociology class - Sociology of Health and Illness.