Jhally vs. Twitchell

Reading this article was interesting, it was lengthy but I could relate to parts of the argument, and I also recognized some of the ideas they were talking about that I have learned about in High school, such as Marxism. Being familiar with some of the topics in the argument and being able to relate to other parts kept me interested in reading this article/debate. They talked about real life situations, such as college students leaving school with so much debt that their brilliant ideas end up “losing their stream” because they are too worried about paying off debts, finding jobs to pay off those debts and support themselves. Their main argument was about advertising and how its important to us because “we communicate our needs and desires and wants [through advertising].” They also mentioned something that pulled me in by saying, “Why must popularity drive everything? Why shouldn't minority views be heard? Why is that so radical?”  I think this is an important point that many people need to realize. What is popular shouldn’t be what we live by, I think that most of the time, whatever is popular at the moment doesn’t last long, especially when it comes to some ideas, the most surprising and interesting ones come from a “minority view point” where no one would expect them. Overall, this debate was interesting in that it introduced different viewpoints from two different scholars who are well respected in society.