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Super Bowl Ads And The Donald Trump Culture War, Jessica Barron
Super Bowl Ads And The Donald Trump Culture War, Jessica Barron
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
There have been studies that have looked at how television commercials represent or portray minorities such as gender or race. Very few have tried to look at how commercials compare to the culture, specifically in regards to a presidential term and the culture they promote. This present study examines Super Bowl commercials during the culture war led by the Donald Trump administration and looks to discover if these advertisements are becoming more diverse in comparison to the previous presidency. Using content analysis, the researcher analyzed and compared 50 commercials from three different time periods 2009-2010, 2013-2014, and 2017-2018. The categories …