Välkommen till ett snabbare och enklare liv : - En kvalitativ studie om retoriken i casinoreklam

Sammanfattning: In Sweden, there is currently a vast amount of commercials for online casinos. Online casino companies have been able to double their investments in advertisement during the past year. These commercials have been shown to be dangerous for people with a history of gambling problems, as the commercials often show the most attractive aspects of gambling. Considering the aggressivity of the commercials, there has also been an active debate on whether or not to forbid the advertisement of gambling in Sweden. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the use of rhetorics in commercial videos for online casinos, to identify how the commercials argument to persuade their audience. By conducting a qualitative content analysis, with the basis on a rhetorical analysis, and the theories of agenda setting and priming, the study was executed on four different online casino commercials. Both visual and verbal aspects of the commercials were examined through different rhetorical aspects, such as Ethos, Pathos and Logos, to identify what sort of arguments occurred and what kind of rhetorical figures were used. The results showed that Ethos and Pathos dominated, and that these films try to set the audiences agenda through conveying their credibility. The authors found that all four of the commercials aim to achieve salience by reminding their audience of the rush players experience when gambling. The results also indicated that priming effects were achieved by showing a message that was in line with the audiences earlier conceptions.