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First Chiquita Banana Commercial

Background Information
United Fruit company's banana commercial introducing the yellow banana in the 1940s.
Technique Used
Respond to Audience Needs
This is propaganda because
It informs the public about how to eat bananas and gives them a very wholesome and happy image that is compatible with popular ideals of health, wellness, and trends of the time. At the same time, the company was actually grabbing land, exploiting labor and contributing to bloody civil wars.

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    kendel cathey
    Sat, 09/19/2015 - 01:39
    kendel cathey
    this is beneficial because its teaching people about bananas and how healthy bananas are
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    Kmarii Smith Iymoni Pleasant
    Sat, 09/19/2015 - 03:50
    Kmarii Smith Iymoni Pleasant
    The purpose of the media above is to entertain and inform while persuading the viewers to buy chiquita bananas.
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    Jakyra McGee
    Sat, 09/19/2015 - 03:54
    Jakyra McGee
    I think this video is beneficial because it is trying to get people to eat bannanas which is also trying to get us to eat healthy in different types of ways.
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    Shania Johnson
    Fri, 02/26/2016 - 01:49
    Shania Johnson
    Its very inspirational

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